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Starmer offers Labour MPs major welfare bill concession | Welfare

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Keir Starmer has offered Labour backbenchers a major concession over disability benefits in a last-ditch attempt to limit the largest rebellion of his premiership and get his controversial welfare bill over the line. Stephen Timms, the welfare minister, told MPs on Tuesday afternoon the government would shelve plans to make major cuts to personal independence […]

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Labour rebel claims Starmer risks defeat on welfare bill with ‘loads’ of MPs planning to vote against it – UK politics live | Politics

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Will welfare bill go through? Pippa Crerar on latest state of play This is from Pippa Crerar, the Guardian’s political editor, with her latest take on the state of play ahead of the start of the debate on the UC and Pip bill. Meg Hillier, who tabled the original wrecking amendment to welfare bill, confirms

Labour rebel claims Starmer risks defeat on welfare bill with ‘loads’ of MPs planning to vote against it – UK politics live | Politics Read More »

No 10 plan to avert Labour welfare rebellion in chaos amid division over scale of concessions | Welfare

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Downing Street’s plans to see off a major Labour welfare rebellion were in chaos on Monday night, amid continued brinkmanship between MPs and the government over the scale of the concessions. There was significant division between government departments over how to respond to rebels’ demands – with seemingly little idea how to quell continuing anger

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Starmer’s disability benefit concessions are not enough, says rebel Labour whip | Welfare

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The Labour whip who resigned in protest against disability benefit cuts has said Keir Starmer’s concessions do not yet go far enough to win her over, as No 10 launched a fresh attempt to stem the revolt against its welfare bill. Vicky Foxcroft, who quit her frontbench role over the welfare bill a little more

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Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’ | Politics

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A disabled Labour MP has said Keir Starmer’s chaotic U-turn on welfare reform will create an “unethical two-tier system”, in a damning intervention which will put further pressure on the prime minister to change course. Olivia Blake, one of only nine MPs in parliament who has a disclosed disability, said the proposed changes to the

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Starmer still facing Labour anger over fears of ‘two-tier’ welfare system | Welfare

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Keir Starmer is battling to stem the revolt over his cuts to disability benefits, with about 50 Labour MPs concerned the new concessions will create a “two-tier” system where existing and new claimants are treated differently. Senior government sources insisted things were “moving in the right direction” for No 10, with the whips calling round

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Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney under fire after Labour welfare rebellion | Morgan McSweeney

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Being the prime minister’s right-hand man is a position of extraordinary power and privilege. But when things start to go wrong, you are directly in the line of fire. So has found Morgan McSweeney, the political mastermind credited with helping Keir Starmer win his election landslide, in recent days as the Labour party has collapsed

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The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously | Editorial

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MPs and the parliamentary process rarely get a good press. Most citizens do not trust either of them much. As a result, the decline of parliament’s role in national life has been a familiar topic for decades. Yet, when push comes to shove, as it has done again this week with Labour’s important backbench revolt

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Minister says Labour’s welfare bill rebels ‘trying to do their job well’ as No 10 considers concessions – UK politics live | Politics

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Trade minister Douglas Alexander says Labour’s welfare bill rebels ‘trying to do their job well’ as No 10 considers concessions Good morning. Irresistible force meets immovable object and … it turns out that the object is movable after all. Until yesterday afternoon, in public at least, ministers were insisting that they were fully committed to

Minister says Labour’s welfare bill rebels ‘trying to do their job well’ as No 10 considers concessions – UK politics live | Politics Read More »

Number 10 set to offer concessions to welfare rebels | Welfare

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Number 10 is preparing to offer concessions to Labour MPs amid a major rebellion over the government’s planned welfare cuts. Downing Street is understood to be considering watering down changes to the eligibility for disability benefits which had been significantly tightened by the reforms in the bill. More than 120 MPs are poised to rebel

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