Day Headlines in Politics News: 2025-06-27
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PM's benefit cuts U-turn leaves backbenchers feeling bruised (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 21:16:00)
After the PM's efforts to mend relations with many on Labour's left, plenty are still unhappy.
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Plans to help benefits recipients into work 'a mess', say DWP officials (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 17:03:37)
Plans to help those affected by benefits cuts into work are not "properly considered", officials tell the BBC.
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We've got the right balance, says PM after benefits U-turn (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 14:01:42)
The prime minister has made concessions on his welfare bill after an angry response from 120 of his own MPs.
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Starmer says he regrets using 'island of strangers' phrase (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 13:53:29)
The PM says he "had no idea" the language echoed Enoch Powell's 1968 speech about immigration.
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Welfare cuts: What are the Pip and universal credit changes? (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 11:33:52)
The planned changes to the benefits system will affect future claimants, not current claimants.
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Faisal Islam: How much will U-turn on disability benefits cost? (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 09:32:46)
The changes could cost up to £3bn which will have to come from higher taxes or cuts elsewhere, given the chancellor's self-imposed borrowing rules.
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Starmer climbs down on welfare bill after Labour backlash (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 08:18:58)
Cuts to some disability benefits will only hit future claimants, not those already on it.
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Starmer's stormy first year: Why his political honeymoon was so short-lived (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 06:23:58)
As the PM marks a year in office next week - which he will spend grappling with crises - British politics finds itself at an inflection point
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A hat-trick of U-turns – and this is the most awkward of the lot (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 06:17:38)
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason gives his analysis of what the climbdown over the welfare bill means for the prime minister.
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Chris Mason: A hat trick of U-turns - and this is the most awkward of the lot (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 06:17:38)
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason gives his analysis of what the climbdown over the welfare bill means for the prime minister.
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Labour didn't do enough thinking, ex-top official says (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 05:18:46)
Simon Case says ministers "weren't good enough at communicating" in the early days of the Labour government.
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Claims UK has two-tier justice system are disgusting, says Hermer (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 05:18:06)
Lord Hermer told the BBC that politicians using the phrase needed to think about the "dangers" they were posing to Britain's "essential institutions".
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'Disgusting' to say UK has two-tier justice system, attorney general tells BBC (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 05:18:06)
Lord Hermer told the BBC that politicians using the phrase needed to think about the "dangers" they were posing to Britain's "essential institutions".
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Starmer's stormy first year ends in crisis - now he faces a bigger battle to turn it around (BBC News - Politics 2025-06-27 05:16:58)
The PM is trying to prove to a volatile country that Labour can fix it - but that will be a challenge when profound policy disagreements are on full display