More than 120 Labour MPs are backing plans to block cuts to disability and sickness-related benefits.
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Keir Starmer is vowing to push ahead with plans to cut disability payments. But with more than 100 Labour MPs threatening to rebel, could he be forced into another U-turn? Kiran Stacey asks Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey and the Guardian’s Heather Stewart.
More than 120 Labour MPs are backing plans to block cuts to disability and sickness-related benefits.
PM says conversations over changes to bill will ‘continue in coming days’ with more than 120 MPs poised to rebel
Scale of rebellion against Keir Starmer means a u-turn is inevitable on welfare reforms.
PM insists party remains ‘pretty united’ despite more than 120 of his MPs signalling they could vote down bill
The PM is under pressure to review his welfare cuts by over 120 Labour MPs
The PM is under pressure to review his welfare cuts by over 120 Labour MPs
“The government hasn’t listened to private concerns so now will have to address these very public ones," one MP said
Labour MPs' challenge over benefits cuts is perhaps the gravest crisis in the PM's time in office so far.
PM says current system is ‘broken’ and there is a ‘clear moral case for change’
These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead