The Prime Minister uses an article in today's Mail on Sunday to promise changes to try to tame the £137 billion bill for welfare benefits - including a blitz on cheats and those who 'game the system'.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will launch a package of new legislation

Keir Starmer has promised 'sweeping changes' to the welfare system as he vowed to crack down on the 'bulging benefits bill blighting our society'

She was speaking as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday his Government will crack down on the benefits bill

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall was involved in a toe-curling exchange on Sky News as she was grilled about Labour 's new welfare crackdown.

Labour veteran Diane Abbott hit out at Keir Starmer after he pledged to 'get a grip' on the cost of welfare, with sanctions set to be introduced in a tough new clampdown

The Prime Minister used an op-ed in the Mail on Sunday to vow to "get to grips" with the cost of welfare after figures suggested more than four million people will be claiming long-term sickness support by the end of the decade.