‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut

Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them

We just go to the park': making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

Labour MPs opposed to the government's massive 5bn of benefit cuts say they will refuse to support legislation to implement them, even if more money is offered by ministers to alleviate child poverty in an attempt to win them over.

Legislation will be introduced to the House of Commons in early June to allow the cuts to come into force. They will include tightening the criteria for personal independence payments (Pip) for people with disabilities, to limit the number of people who can claim it. Under the changes, people who are not able to wash the lower half of their body, for example, will no longer be able to claim Pip unless they have another limiting condition.