Lib Dems threaten revolt unless Government does U-turn

Amputees, including wounded soldiers, could be among half a million people to lose their disability benefits under government reforms, the Work and Pensions Secretary has warned.

This is the list of meetings with prime ministers handed to the Leveson Inquiry by Rebekah Brooks.

David Cameron blocked plans to cut the winter fuel payments for better-off pensioners in the Budget, i has learned. Some Conservative MPs believe that means-testing the £2.1bn fuel payments given to the over-60s would have been less controversial than George Osborne's surprise decision to freeze the special tax allowances for pensioners – dubbed a "granny tax".

Inside Westminster

Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed "an historic step in the biggest welfare revolution in over 60 years" after the Government's controversial reforms cleared Parliament.

George Osborne has infuriated Tory MPs by reportedly ruling out tax breaks for married couples in the Budget.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, wants to break the nation's dependency culture and to encourage the long-term unemployed back into the jobs market. But is this just targeting the less well off to cut the bill to the taxpayer or does he have a point?

Families affected by the government's £26,000 welfare cap will be given at least nine months to adapt to the loss of benefits, under concessions to be outlined by the Government.

In case anyone was wondering whether the Government's proposed benefits cap was unfair, yesterday's Sunday Times helpfully came up with a Somali family, who have never worked, living in a six-bedroomed house in West Hampstead at public expense. Their house is worth £2m, which means that if Vince Cable has his way, they'll be claiming mansion tax benefit next.

Charities would reap an extra £1 billion a year under think-tank proposals unveiled today to "turbocharge" corporate giving.

Britain's best interests are not served by being pushed to the sidelines in Europe

David Cameron provoked a backlash from Conservative Eurosceptics yesterday by ruling out both a referendum on Europe and a major drive to grab back powers from Brussels.