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Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has said Rachel Reeves is running out of money after Keir Starmer made another huge concession to rebels to avoid defeat on his welfare bill.
Two hours before MPs voted, a minister announced that the government is gutting the flagship legislation of all its changes to Personal Independence Payments, sparking backlash at the “chaotic” process and “pointless” bill.
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Speaking after Keir Starmer won, despite his largest rebellion ever, Mr Stride said the Chancellor was trying to force through bad changes to find essential spending cuts.
He blasted: “There are now very few savings being made from the welfare budget, which as we know is spiralling ever skyward.”
“I think it just shows a government that has rushed out welfare reforms for the wrong reasons, because Rachel Reeves has been running out of money, she’s been taxing and spending like there’s no tomorrow, and we’re seeing the results here today.”
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5 days ago21:07 Christian Calgie
Kemi Badenoch tells Express Starmer's first year has been 'absolute shambles'
Kemi Badenoch has told the Daily Express that Keir Starmer's first year in government has been an "absolute shambles".
Speaking after a disastrous day in the Commons where he narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat, Ms Badenoch said: "He may have been ready for an election. He was not ready for government. They made promises and they've broken them because they don't know how to run this country.”
"Whether it's on welfare, grooming gangs, small boats, all of the promises that Labour made are broken, and we've still got four more years of this - this is just the first year,”
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5 days ago20:22 Martyn Brown
'No way to run a country'
If things couldn't get any worse for the PM, Ed Davey piles in saying: “This is no way to run a country.
“The Government should scrap this failed Bill altogether and work cross-party to actually bring down the welfare bill by getting people into work.”
5 days ago19:56 Christian Calgie
See how your MP voted on welfare cuts
Check our list of how every MP voted to see if your MP backed or opposed Keir Starmer's welfare cuts.
It was his largest rebellion ever since becoming PM, and the sixth largest in the history of Labour governments.
5 days ago19:40 Christian Calgie
Welfare rebellion is 6th largest in Labour history
Tonight's rebellion is the 6th largest in Labour parliamentary history.
It's the largest seen under his premiership over the past year.
Without gutting the bill and making huge concessions to his rebel backbenchers, it could have been on course to be the second-biggest rebellion in history after Iraq.
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5 days ago19:22 Martyn Brown
'Never seen anything like this in my life'
Labour veteran Ian Lavery lashes out over the government's handling of the welfare farce.
The rebel MP told the BBC: "I've never seen anything like this in my life. The Bill is not fit for purpurpose.
"This is an absolute shambles."
5 days ago19:12 Christian Calgie
Wrecking amendment defeated
Ayes: 149
Noes: 328
Wrecking amendment defeated, but it sounds like a very large number of Labour MPs are about to vote against the Bill.
Could still come down to the wire...
5 days ago18:59 Christian Calgie
MPs voting on Labour rebel wrecking amendment
MPs have just gone into a division on Rachel Maskell's amendment that would kill the bill. We should know it in about 15 minute's time.
MPs voting on the amendment (Image: Parliament Live)
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5 days ago18:44 Christian Calgie
Tory frontbencher says Starmer 'can't even deliver on a u-turn'
Shadow Work and Pension Secretary Helen Whately has slammed Labour's chaos this evening over the welfare bill.
She won laughs when she told MPs: "The Bill has more or less disintegrated. Less than two hours ago the Social Security Minister told us in an unprecedented intervention that Clause 5 of the Bill is to be removed at committee stage."
"Describing this as chaos now feels like an understatement.
"They'd already u-turned once, it seems they can't even deliver a u-turn!"
5 days ago18:27 Christian Calgie
Kemi Badenoch says latest Starmer concession leaves Bill 'pointless'
Kemi Badenoch has said that the latest last-minute u-turn by Keir Starmer as a concession to Labour MPs has left the benefits bill "pointless".
In a post on X she said: "This is an utter capitulation. Labour's welfare bill is now a TOTAL waste of time. It effectively saves ￡0, helps no one into work, and does NOT control spending."
"It’s pointless. They should bin it, do their homework, and come back with something serious. Starmer cannot govern."
5 days ago17:52 Christian Calgie
Tanni Grey-Thompson says she'd vote against the cuts
Crossbench peer and former wheelchair racer, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has said she'd vote against the welfare cuts if she were an MP.
She told LBC's Andrew Marr: "What we're seeing in The Commons is a bit of a slash and burn”
"I get Personal Independence Payment, like many disabled people, and I receive it because of the additional cost of living as a disabled person, because society is still inaccessible. So, it's to pay for things like additional transport, having to wash your clothes more often, basically because society is still inaccessible. And I know there's a lot of agonised MPs at the moment trying to figure out what to do. I've had more calls from MPs than I've ever had asking me what I would do if I were in their shoes."
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5 days ago17:48 Christian Calgie
Labour MP slams 'most unedifying spectacle I have ever seen'
Labour MP Paula Barker has just branded this Bill's process as "the most unedifying spectacle I have ever seen".
She stood up in the Commons after minister Stephen Timms offered another concession, to pull a whole clause from the Bill (Clause 5) at Committee stage to delay the introduction of the changes.
Ms Barker said: "We are voting tonight on the Bill as it stands on the order paper, not as amended. And I'm really really sorry to say this, but when it's not written down it's not worth the paper it's written on."
"We were promised a Hillsborough law by April this year, and yet nothing has come to fruition.
"And so it is with sadness that I will vote for [the wrecking] amendment tonight and I will vote against this bill."
5 days ago17:46 Christian Calgie
Government still pressing ahead with the Bill
The government has said it is still pressing ahead with putting the bill to a vote, with less than two hours to go.
It comes after numerous furious Labour MPs called on the government to ditch it, rework the proposals from scratch and come back with new legislation later in the year.
5 days ago17:30 Christian Calgie
Minister makes final concessions just before vote
DWP minister Stephen Timms has just made a final last-minute concession to his department's planned cuts in a desperate attempt to secure a win at 19:30.
Mr Timms told MPs that the Government will delay all changes to PIP until after he has continued his eligibility review, written in conjunction with disability campaigns groups.
The changes will now not come into effect until at least Autumn 2026.
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5 days ago16:44 Jonathan Walker
Labour is not cutting benefits, insists Scottish leader
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said it is “factually wrong to say” people will have their benefits “cut” under measures proposed by Sir Keir Starmer, because the overall welfare budget is still set to rise.
Under the UK Labour Government's plans, 430,000 people will have claims for Personal Independence Payment denied who would previously have received the money. The Government's modelling shows the welfare proposals will push 150,000 more people into poverty by 2030.
5 days ago16:21 Jonathan Walker
Emotional speech from disabled Labour MP
Labour MP Marie Tidball, who describes herself as the only current MP with a visible disability, is close to tears as she begins her speech explaining why she cannot support measures to remove Personal Independence Payments from future claimants.
More on Marie Tidball's speech here.
5 days ago16:20 Christian Calgie
Disabled Labour MP tears up during welfare speech
A disabled Labour MP has teared up during the debate as she recalled the fear she had under the Tories during Covid, when many disabled people died from the virus.
She said she vowed then to do everything she could to help create a fairer country for disabled people.
She says it is with "a heavy, broken heart I will be voting against this bill today."
"As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted on the face of the bill before us today."
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5 days ago16:17 Christian Calgie
Jeremy Corbyn claims cuts are being made to pay for military spending
Jeremy Corbyn has said these cuts are being made in order to fund extra spending on armaments.
The overwhelming amount of new cash for defence has come from cutting foreign aid.
However the former Labour leader calls on the government to withdraw the bill altogether.
5 days ago16:06 Christian Calgie
Government on the brink of yet another u-turn
It sounds like the Government is on the brink of yet another major concession to rebels, as they fear that the vote is about to go down to the wire.
Liz Kendall has just scuttled out of the Chamber amid rumours the Government will delay implementing these welfare changes until after a review by Stephen Timms.
5 days ago15:25 Christian Calgie
Tories slam Reform's plan to vote down Labour's benefit plans
The Tories have blasted Reform UK after the party said it would be voting down Labour's welfare reforms.
Mel Stride MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: “Voting against Labour’s chaotic welfare proposals is no substitute for a proper plan for welfare reform."
"Reform have shown they are simply not serious about getting the welfare bill down. Their policy of scrapping the two child limit would cost taxpayers ￡3.5billion a year.
"Farage’s fantasy economics will leave hardworking families paying the price.”
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5 days ago15:06 Christian Calgie
Chair of Work and Pensions committee says bill is 'dog's breakfast'
Chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee Debbie Abrahams has branded the bill a "dog's breakfast".
She slams the Government for cutting benefits just to appease the OBR's spreadsheet sums.
5 days ago15:02 Christian Calgie
Andy Burnham slams rushed changes
Senior Labour figure Andy Burnham has slammed the government for trying to rush through its welfare changes too quickly.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester said on X: "Whatever people's views about the concessions, surely everyone can see the process here is ALL wrong?
"Third reading in eight days? A Timetable like that diminishes the role of MPs in getting this legislation right, shuts out disabled people and puts too many at risk."
5 days ago14:58 Christian Calgie
Labour MP: vote for reforms will plunge thousands into poverty
South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck says a vote for today's changes will plunge 150,000 people into poverty.
She cites the government's own impact analysis, which suggests last week's concessions reduced the total hurt by 100,000, but keeps the total number high.
Ms Lewell-Buck says: "Some of us have been here before: in 2015 when the Tories pushed through their welfare and work reform bill, I, along with other colleagues, were persuaded to vote for it on the promise we could change it in committee. It didn't change, and although we voted it down at Third Reading the damage was done."
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5 days ago14:45 Christian Calgie
LibDems supporting wrecking amendment
The LibDems have said they will be voting in favour of Rachel Maskell's wrecking amendment.
Their DWP spokesman criticises Labour's high command, and their description of PIP as "pocket money".
He warns the way the Bill has been rushed through "damages the credibility of ministers"
5 days ago14:42 Christian Calgie
Maskell: Do not leave disabled desperate
Rachel Maskell says: "Why not have a bridge between what we have now and where we are heading at the end of this process so nobody falls through the net?"
"When disabled people manage discomfort and dispair, pain and prejudice, are isolated and lonely, or life has spiralled out of control, don't we believe they would want for anything else but for it to be this way?"
"Already discriminated and dehumanised, I plead do not leave desperate."
5 days ago14:39 Christian Calgie
Labour lead rebel
Labour's lead rebel Rachel Maskell has risen to speak in today's debate, starting by thanking the speaker for calling her wrecking amendment which will be the one we all have eyes on tonight.
She calls on the Government to "just stop and start again". She demands for the government to pull the bill at the 11th hour to re-draft the changes in conjunction with disabled groups.
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5 days ago14:35 Katie Harris
Senior Tory questions legality of changes
Former Tory work and pensions secretary Esther McVey questioned the legality of the Government's Pip policy.
She asked: "Has the Government taken legal advice as to whether it is lawful to treat people with the same conditions, disabilities and circumstances differently within the benefits system?
"It is morally unacceptable, but does the minister believe it is lawful?"
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said: "I would just remind (her) that her own party had different rules and different rates for people on existing, compared to new, benefits in future.
"That is something they did. Once again, members opposite seem to be railing at the very problems they caused."
5 days ago14:29 Christian Calgie
Kemi warns Labour 'bootlickers' that the government is abandoning them
Kemi Badenoch delivers a warning to Labour MP backbenchers that the government will "hang them out to dry".
She warned her opposite numbers: "Right up until the last moment, the government kept pushing and pushing, ruling out changes, sending their poor weiry ministers and ambitious backbench bootlickers out onto the airwaves."
"And then - as we have seen before - at the last moment they abandon you after all of that.
"They have been hang out to dry Mr Speaker. The government does not care how it has made their backbenchers look!"
5 days ago14:26 Christian Calgie
Kemi: Labour would have bankrupted country during Covid
Here's the clip of Kemi Badenoch tearing into Labour's hypocrisy over Covid spending.
Kemi says Labour would have bankrupted country during Covid
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5 days ago14:16 Jonathan Walker
Welfare spending still set to soar by billions
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells the Commons that even with the Government's controversial changes, spending on benefits will still increase by billions.
She says it's not a cut, it's just slowing down the increase.
5 days ago13:55 Jonathan Walker
Liz Kendall urges MPs to back Bill
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has begun her speech urging Labour MPs to support the Government Bill removing Personal Independence Payments from some future claimants.
6 days ago13:04 Jonathan Walker
Starmer defends disability benefit cuts
Keir Starmer defended Labour’s controversial benefit cuts at a meeting of his Cabinet this morning.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman said he opened the Cabinet meeting by ahead to today’s welfare reforms, which are designed to help those who can work into employment and ensure dignity and security for those who can’t work, the spokesman said.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall told the meeting that welfare reform “is not easy, but equally, not a challenge that can be ducked by the government”, the spokesman told journalists.
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6 days ago13:01 Katie Harris
Starmer tells Cabinet they can be proud of Labour's first year
Sir Keir Starmer told his Cabinet they could be proud of Labour's first year in power ahead of the first anniversary on Friday.
Downing Street said in a statement: "Opening Cabinet, the Prime Minister looked ahead to today’s welfare reforms, which are designed to help those who can work into employment and ensure dignity and security for those who can’t work.
"He then reflected on the last year in office, saying we could all rightly look back with a real sense of pride and achievement."
6 days ago13:00 Jonathan Walker
Review of benefit cuts may not be over when the cuts take place
Downing Street would not guarantee the Government’s planned review of the welfare system would be completed by the time its planned reforms are implemented.
Asked whether the review led by Sir Stephen Timms would be finished by then and with enough time to make sure any extra changes resulting from it can be implemented at that time, a Number 10 spokesman said: “So our priority is ensuring that we have a system that’s both fair and sustainable so it can continue to be there for those who need it.
“There’s consensus for reform, that’s why we’re taking action to address that now, whilst also looking at how we reform the wider assessment process through this review.
“As we’ve said, this review will conclude by autumn 2026 to allow enough time for this to be co-produced with disability stakeholders and people with lived experience.”
It was put to Downing Street that there were no guarantees the review would be done before the implementation, to which the spokesman said: “What we’re committing to is doing a proper job on this.”
6 days ago12:58 Katie Harris
No10 says modelling 'subject to uncertainty'
Downing Street said the Government's own modelling, which predicts its welfare proposals will push 150,000 more people into poverty by 2030, was "subject to uncertainty".
A Number 10 spokesman said: "It doesn't reflect the full picture and as always any policy modelling is subject to uncertainty."
He said the modelling does not take into account the additional ￡1 billion a year the Government is investing in helping get people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work or support with the cost of living.
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6 days ago12:00 Katie Harris
More left-wing Labour MPs confirm they will vote against Bill
Richard Burgon wrote on X: "The Bill MPs are voting on today would mean: ￡3.5 billion of cuts to disability support Over 400,000 new PIP claimants losing ￡4,500 on average Over 700,000 new UC-health claimants losing ￡3,000 on average 150,000 more people thrown into poverty I'll be voting against that."
Andy McDonald said: "I'm standing with disabled people. I’m voting no to disability benefit cuts. The Government must press pause and rework this policy working alongside disabled people's charities and groups."
I'm standing with disabled people.
I\u2019m voting NO to disability benefit cuts.
The Government must press pause and rework this policy working alongside disabled people's charities and groups.@Dis_PPL_Protest pic.twitter.com/3WhUEZwZfz
\u2014 Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East (@AndyMcDonaldMP) July 1, 2025
6 days ago11:54 Katie Harris
Abbott to vote down Bill
Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott wrote on X: "I will not be voting for the disability benefit cuts Bill.
"It strips billions in support from the disabled and forces huge numbers into poverty. No Labour government should be proposing law like this."
I will not be voting for the Disability Benefit Cuts Bill.
It strips billions in support from the disabled and forces huge numbers into poverty. No Labour government should be proposing law like this.
\u2014 Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) July 1, 2025
6 days ago11:43 Steph Spyro
Update on Labour MPs and welfare vote
Dame Meg Hillier, who tabled the original wrecking amendment to welfare bill, confirms she'll now vote for it.
Speaking to the Guardian, she said: “I’ve not always been happy about how No 10 has engaged with MPs in general, but on this they acted in good faith: listened, made an offer and honoured it."
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6 days ago11:33 Steph Spyro
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6 days ago11:18 Steph Spyro
Starmer's key Commons vote expected around 7pm
The Commons debate is set to kick off at around 12.40pm. The vote on the bill will take place later at around 7pm. The Express's political team will be bringing you the lates from Westminster throughout the day.
6 days ago10:59 Steph Spyro
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Cabinet Minister exit Downing Street following their meeting with Keir Starmer this morning
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6 days ago10:21 Steph Spyro
Cabinet minister urges MPs to back welfare Bill as rebellion looms
Jonathan Reynolds urged MPs to back the Government’s welfare Bill, saying that “if we were to completely retreat from this we would lose the chance to make any changes for the better whatsoever”.
Asked whether backbenchers would lose the whip for defying Government in the vote on Tuesday, the Business Secretary said he had “not been part of any discussion to that effect.”
He told BBC Breakfast: “I simply ask colleagues to read the proposals, compare them to what we have, and I think they’re genuinely better. I absolutely do believe that they protect the most vulnerable people, which is exactly what people, I think, wanted from these reforms. They recognise we’re spending a lot of money and no one’s happy with the existing system, and that we can make those improvements and how the system works in the here and now and for the future are improved by these proposals.
“I’ll also say, look, if you, if you ignore these difficult issues, I know they’re difficult for colleagues, just think back to where the Conservative Party was who didn’t do anything. We need to reform the system.
“Near the end of their time in office, they were talking about replacing Pip with vouchers. They were talking about freezing Pip entirely. We haven’t gone anywhere near that. We don’t want to get into that.
“But we’ve got to recognise we’re spending a lot of money at present on a system which people don’t think is working well, and we can make it better, and we should be willing to have those conversations.”
Asked what he thought of rebels saying the Government should have taken longer and made sure it carried the party with it in implementing reforms, he said: “I agree they want to reform the system, but if we were to completely retreat from this, I think we would lose the chance to make any changes for the better whatsoever.”
6 days ago09:28 Katie Harris
Welfare Bill is 'unravelling'
Labour MP Rachael Maskell has called on Sir Keir Starmer to pull the welfare Bill.
Ms Maskell, who has launched a bid to kill the draft legislation, told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “I think we saw yesterday in Parliament as the Government was presenting its latest reforms, the whole Bill unravelling before us.
“Because the sequencing of the way we are not going to have the report on how people get into work until the autumn and the Timms review, just announced, will not report for another 16 months by which time of course it will be meaningless what we are voting on today because much of the Bill is about who will qualify, who won’t qualify for Pip and of course we won’t know until further down the road.
“That is why I have been urging the Government to pull the Bill. Let’s pause, let’s get this right.”
6 days ago08:33 Steph Spyro
Government won't punish Labour rebels - reports
The government will go softly on any welfare rebels, it seems.
Talk of removing the whip is firmly off the table but there is still significant - and growing - opposition on the backbenches ahesd of the crunch vote in the Commons later today.
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6 days ago08:28 Steph Spyro
Reynolds rejects 'three-tier' welfare system criticism
Jonathan Reynolds rejected suggestions Government welfare reforms would create a “three-tier” system, saying it is “entirely normal” for existing entitlements to be “grandfathered”.
The changes would see existing claimants continue to receive their current allowance, while new claimants would be subject to the tighter eligibility.
Meanwhile, a Government review taking the views of disabled people into account will launch, with the possibility of further changes as a result of its proposals. Critics have argued this risks creating a “three-tier” system.
Asked about the suggestions, the Business Secretary told Sky News: “I’ve seen these claims, I don’t accept this.
“It’s entirely normal for when we have significant changes to the welfare state, existing entitlements to be grandfathered.
“There are people in the UK getting severe disablement allowance. That closed to new entrants in 2001. So this is quite common.”
6 days ago08:05 Steph Spyro
Cabinet minister urges Labour MPs to back reforms
Jonathan Reynolds urged Labour MPs to back welfare reforms amid a looming rebellion, insisting the Government is in a “stronger position” than it was last week after making concessions over its plans.
Asked what the consequences would be for backbenchers rejecting the Bill, the Business Secretary told Sky News there had been a “positive conversation with colleagues about what they want from this process”.
He said everyone wants the most vulnerable to be protected and “I think we have worked with people in order to provide that”.
“I’d ask them to support the Government on that basis, because clearly what we’ve got here is something which is better than the existing system,” he said.
Asked whether MPs would lose the whip for voting against the Government, he said he was “not aware of anything like that” but “those issues are for the chief whip”.
Jonathan Reynolds spoke to media on Tuesday morning (Image: Getty)
6 days ago07:45 Katie Harris
Tories to vote down Bill
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “The welfare budget is out of control. Spending on health and disability benefits was ￡40 billion just before Covid and it is now projected to be ￡100 billion by 2030.
“What Labour is doing is not serious welfare reform. Last week we challenged them to cut the welfare budget, to bring in measures that would get people back into work, and to assure us there wouldn’t be new taxes to fill the gap.
“Keir Starmer has not met those challenges, in fact he’s watered down the small savings Labour were making. We have a government that is incapable of governing. For that reason, we will be voting against the welfare bill tomorrow.”
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6 days ago07:25 Katie Harris
What concessions have been made?
In March, reforms to the welfare system - aimed at encouraging more people off sickness benefits and into work - were announced.
The overhaul included restricting access to the main disability benefit known as Pip (personal independence payment) and the sickness-related element of universal credit (UC).
But the changes to Pip will now only apply to new claims from November 2026, while all existing universal credit recipients will have their incomes protected in real terms.
6 days ago07:13 Katie Harris
Benefit changes could push 150,000 into poverty
Around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of the Government's welfare cuts despite Sir Keir Starmer being forced into a partial U-turn.
The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty after housing costs under the original proposals.
Modelling published by the Department for Work and Pensions said the estimate does not include any "potential positive impact" from extra funding and measures to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.
Read the full story here
6 days ago07:10 Katie Harris
Welfare U-turn will cost ￡2.5bn by 2030
The Government's U-turn on welfare cuts will cost taxpayers around ￡2.5 billion by 2030, the Work and Pensions Secretary told MPs yesterday.
Liz Kendall said the costs and savings of the Government's revised package would be confirmed by the Office for Budget Responsibility at the budget in the autumn.
But her statement to MPs on Monday suggested the measures would save less than half the ￡4.8 billion the Government had expected from its initial proposals.
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6 days ago06:58 Katie Harris
MPs to vote on welfare Bill
MPs are set to have a Commons vote on Labour's flagship welfare Bill for the first time at 7pm.
Sir Keir Starmer continues to face the prospect of a major rebellion from within his own party over the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill despite making concessions.
But backbench anger has continued with dozens of MPs still expected to revolt.
Some 126 Labour MPs had previously signed a "reasoned amendment" proposed by Treasury Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier that would have stopped the proposed legislation if approved.
But a new amendment put forward by Labour MP Rachael Maskell to torpedo the Bill has been signed by 39 MPs from Sir Keir's party, as well as some SNP, Plaid Cymru, Greens and independents.
Keir Starmer faces welfare revolt despite concessions (Image: Getty)
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