New checks on sick benefit claimants will be introduced under plans to reduce spending, although the most severely disabled may be exempt and additional support is proposed to help claimants return to work.

Politicians are clashing over proposals to tighten disability benefits, with warnings that claimants could be trapped in poverty and calls for tougher scrutiny of medical sign-offs.

One million people are expected to have their disability support reduced under Labour’s proposed changes, with the Chancellor pledging to bring tighter control over the welfare budget.

Starmer’s plan to abolish NHS England has sparked debate over the future of thousands of jobs, financial implications, and the overall management of the health service moving forward.