Cuts To Opposition Funding Axed In Govt U-Turn

The Government has performed yet another U-turn - hours after the Chancellor confirmed controversial disability benefit cuts would not go ahead, Sky News understands. Ministers have now abandoned sharp upfront cuts to opposition funding announced by George Osborne at the time of the Autumn Statement and due to take effect next month. Instead Sky News has learnt that there will be no cut, and that funding will rise in line with CPI inflation not RPI.