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The amount spent on them has quadrupled to well over half a billion pounds in just four years.
"The rift between a tiny number of people at the top and the overwhelming majority of ordinary members and MPs is becoming a chasm".
The health secretary was grilled as the government prepares to unveil controversial changes to the benefits system.
"Whether we had £10 or £10 billion headroom, we would still be doing this stuff," said an ally of the PM.
Faiza Shaheen nearly ousted Iain Duncan Smith at the 2019 election.
Keir Starmer faces his first big electoral test since becoming prime minister.
"The ‘vacuum’ he warned about was the one where his principles used to be."
Writing for HuffPost UK, Phil Brickell says the changes are needed to help restore voters' confidence in politics.
The party is bringing forward plans to highlight Nigel Farage's apparent reluctance to criticise Russia.
Even the Conservatives' former veterans minister said it was a "courageous and principled resignation."