'Cruel' Reeves under fire from own side over cuts

RACHEL Reeves has faced pleas from Labour MPs to reverse cuts to health and disability benefits, amid warnings they will lead to increased poverty.

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The Chancellor claimed the Government "inherited a broken" welfare system as "more than 1,000 people" qualify for personal independence payments every day and one in eight young people are not in employment, education or training.

She used the spring statement to confirm further pressure on welfare, following cuts to disability and incapacity benefits set out earlier this month.

The Government expects the measures to save £4.8 billion rather than the more than £5 billion in 2029/30 hoped for.