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Keir Starmer was slammed as "too weak to get anything done" by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch following his humiliating u-turn over benefit cuts when he suffered his largest Commons rebellion to date.
Mrs Badenoch said the Prime Minister's welfare bill "will do nothing" while spending on benefits rises to ￡100 billion, as she skewered Sir Keir during PMQs in the Commons.
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She said "his Bill was completely gutted" following a massive rebellion by backbenchers - which meant 49 of his own MPs rejected the change even after cuts to Personal Independence Payments were removed. And in a sarcastic remark, she said: “It’s been a difficult week for the Prime Minister”.
Mrs Badenoch said Chancellor Rachel Reeves "looks absolutely miserable", adding: "The Chancellor is toast".
Even Speaker Lindsay Hoyle got in on the act, as Labour MPs put on a desperate show of support for the Prime Minister. He said sarcastically: “I’ve never known one Prime Minister get as much cheering”.
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Last night Kemi Badenoch told the Express: "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."
Sir Keir has missed the last two bouts against the Tory leader because he attended the G7 and Nato summits abroad.
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Keir Starmer was left badly bruised after yesterday's chaos (Image: PA)
3 days ago14:48 Christian Calgie
Old Rachel Reeves tweet resurfaces
An tweet by Rachel Reeves from 2012 has resurfaced, prompting ironic comparisons to today's Commons scenes...
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3 days ago13:50 Steph Spyro
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle issues blunt 2-word statement on Rachel Reeves crying rumour
There have been rumours swirling around Westminster that Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle had a go at Rachel Reeves before PMQs, promoting her to leave the Commons chamber in tears.
A spokeswoman for the Speaker says: “No comment.”
On well-sourced rumours that Lindsay Hoyle had a go at Rachel Reeves before PMQs, promoting her to leave the Commons chamber in tears, a spokeswoman for the Speaker says: \u201cNo comment.\u201d
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3 days ago13:25 Steph Spyro
Minister on Reeves crying in Commons during PMQs
A Minister on Rachel Reeves: “She had an altercation with [Commons Speaker] Lindsay [Hoyle] just before PMQs. They had a row. I think he ended up apologising to her.”
3 days ago13:23 Christian Calgie
Betting market suspends odds on Reeves' departure
Bookmakers Coral has suspended betting on Rachel Reeves going before the end of September.
Following PMQs the betting company tells LBC that they've closed the book and will not be accepting new bets.
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3 days ago13:20 Steph Spyro
Rachel Reeves breaks silence after shocking PMQs crying scenes
Rachel Reeves has issued a statement insisting that the scenes of her crying at PMQs had nothing to do with last night’s political chaos, or rumours of her pending departure from the Treasury.
A spokesman for Ms Reeves has just told journalists that the reason for her emotional state “is a personal matter, which - as you would expect - we are not going to get into.”
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3 days ago13:19 Steph Spyro
Keir Starmer refuses to say Rachel Reeves will keep job as Chancellor
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say he will keep Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her job.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch challenged the PM to say whether he still planned to have Ms Reeves as Chancellor until the next election.
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3 days ago13:08 Steph Spyro
Chancellor 'is going nowhere', Starmer's press secretary says
Rachel Reeves “is going nowhere” as Chancellor and retains the Prime Minister’s “full backing”, Sir Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said.
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3 days ago12:56 Steph Spyro
Movement outside Starmer's Commons office
Political Editor of BBC Newsnight has said that Labour MPs have told him there is a lot of movement outside the PM’s office [in the commons]."
He adds: "Something is going on."
Labour MP tells me after PMQs: There is a lot of movement outside the PM\u2019s office [in the commons]. Something is going on
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3 days ago12:51 Steph Spyro
Starmer fails to say whether he's 'changed his mind' on welfare reforms
Sir Keir Starmer failed to say whether he has “changed his mind” on the Government’s plans for reform of Personal Independence Payments (Pip) after a question from Liberal Democrat Sir Ed Davey.
Sir Ed said in Prime Minister’s Questions: “Yesterday, the Government was asking this House to vote for a law that would mean someone with a condition like Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis would qualify for a personal independence payment (Pip) today, but someone diagnosed with the same condition with very same symptoms in a few months time would not.
“We all know that the cost of welfare needs to come down, but that was not a fair way to do it. Until he lost control yesterday, the Prime Minister was arguing for that approach. Has he changed his mind on this or not?”
Responding, Sir Keir Starmer said: “The Stephen Timms review will take place, a very important review to look into this issue.
“But what we did do last night was end mandatory reassessments for those with severe disabilities. I thought that he and his party cared about things like that. It’s the right thing to do, and they voted against it.
“We rebalanced Universal Credit, long overdue. I think he believes that, but what did he do last night? He voted against it. We set out a pathway to reform, something he argues for every week, but what did he do when he had the chance? He voted against it.”
Sir Ed replied: “The House and his backbenches will note that he didn’t answer my question.”
3 days ago12:40 Martyn Brown
Rachel Reeves's sister clutches her hand after tearful PMQs
Ellie reeves clasps her sister Rachel’s hand as they leave the Chamber after PMQs. The Chancellor looked broken, Political Editor Martyn Brown writes from the Commons chamber.
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3 days ago12:38 Steph Spyro
Starmer declines to rule out tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has declined to rule out autumn tax rises from the despatch box.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told the Commons: “He’s got some brass neck. Has he read the papers this morning?
“That Bill will achieve nothing. It is a pointless waste of time and is absolute proof that he doesn’t have a plan.
“Let me tell the House what’s going to happen: in November, the Chancellor (Rachel Reeves) is going to put up our taxes to pay for his incompetence. We on this side of the House know that you can’t tax your way to growth, but people out there are frightened.”
Mrs Badenoch later asked: “Can he reassure them by ruling out tax rises in the autumn budget?”
Prime Minister Sir Keir replied: “She knows that no Prime Minister or Chancellor ever stands at the despatch box and writes budgets in the future. That isn’t what they did, and it isn’t what we do, and she knows it.”
He accused the Tories of having presided over “stagnation, and that is what caused the problems”.
3 days ago12:36 Steph Spyro
Badenoch: Labour's first year branded 'mistake after mistake'
Labour’s first year in Government has been labelled “mistake after mistake” by the leader of the Conservative Party, as she recalled a series of “humiliating U-turns”.
Kemi Badenoch said: “The fact is his own MPs are saying this Government is, and I quote, incoherent and shambolic, that’s Liverpool Wavertree (Paula Barker) that said that. I could go on, and on, but the fact is it’s been mistake, after mistake after mistake. There is no plan to get people into work, there is no plan to cut the welfare budget, there is no strategy, there is just a series of humiliating U-turns like winter fuel, like grooming gangs.
“What’s really shocking is that every other party in this House voted for even more welfare spending yesterday. Yes, those MPs behind him, and the Lib Dems, and Reform. The Conservative Party believes that this country needs to live within its means.”
“We know what we believe, but this is a Prime Minister who has U-turned on everything he has done in office, including his own speeches. Because he doesn’t know what he believes. With left-wing Labour MPs now running the Government, isn’t it working people who will now pay the price?”
Sir Keir replied, recalling a list of “promises made, and promises delivered”, including extra NHS appointments, improving workers’ rights, increases to the minimum wage, extending free breakfast clubs, creating GB energy and stopping bonuses for water bosses.
He said: “We’re only getting started, the Chancellor has led on all these issues and we’re grateful to her for it.”
3 days ago12:31 Steph Spyro
Tear rolls down Chancellor's cheek
Kemi Badenoch has launched a savage attack on Chancellor Rachel Reeves, saying she "looks absolutely miserable" during this afternoon's PMQs.
The Conservative leader wasn't the only one to notice Reeves's mood, as social media users took to X to say the Chancellor looked like she had been crying.
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All is not well on the front bench - a tear rolls down Rachel Reeves\u2019s face during PMQs pic.twitter.com/Q7KEbTO46d
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3 days ago12:29 Steph Spyro
Liz Kendall not by PM's side for PMQs
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall was not sitting at the elbow of Sir Keir Starmer to help him with answers on benefits during PMQs.
She was standing behind the Speaker’s chair next to Chris Bryant.
3 days ago12:22 Steph Spyro
Stephen Flynn asks Starmer about 'ending chaos' comment
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn referenced a previous comment by Sir Keir about "ending the chaos" by the previous Tory goverment.
That's a jibe at last night's Commons shenanigans over the government's humiliating welfare reforms.
The Prime Minister replies by ripping into the SNP's record on the NHS.
3 days ago12:22 Steph Spyro
Badenoch rips into Starmer over welfare savings
Sir Keir Starmer is the first Prime Minister to “propose a Bill to save money, who ended up with a Bill which costs money”, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said.
Mrs Badenoch said: “I don’t think the Prime Minister actually watched what happened in the House yesterday. His Bill was completely gutted, a U-turn in the middle of the debate removing clause five. Where on earth was he?
“The reason why he can’t answer the question is because he knows it doesn’t save any money. It’s going to cost millions. This is the first prime minister in history to propose a Bill to save money, who ended up with a Bill which costs money. So if the Bill does not cut welfare spending, can the Prime Minister tell the House how many people it will get into work?”
Sir Keir replied: “We have already started changing the job centres and investing in support back into work.”
He added: “The Bill last night will help people back into work, and of course, the Timms review is ongoing. But I tell you what won’t help people back into work, what … won’t help control the costs, and that is voting to keep the broken system. And that is what they did last night.
“Everybody in this House accepts the current system is broken. It invites the question, who broke it? They broke it, and last night, they voted for the status quo. The broken system is their policy, that won’t help individuals, taxpayers, certainly won’t help the economy.”
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3 days ago12:20 Steph Spyro
Sir Ed Davey says PM “lost control yesterday”
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the Prime Minister had "lost control yesterday" following chaos over welfare reforms.
Sir Keir tells him later that there will be a legal duty of candour in the Hillsborough Law - amid concerns it’s being watered down.
Pressed again by Kim Johnson MP, the PM says he will bring it forward but he wants to take time to get it right.
3 days ago12:14 Steph Spyro
Starmer fails to back Chancellor
Sir Keir Starmer failed to repeat his promise on whether Rachel Reeves will stay as Chancellor until the next election, as Kemi Badenoch said she was a “human shield” for the Prime Minister’s “incompetence”.
The Chancellor was visibly tearful as the exchanges unfolded.
The Conservative leader had said: “This man has forgotten that his welfare bill was there to plug a black hole created by the Chancellor. Instead they’re creating new ones. They’re creating new ones.
“(Ms Reeves) is pointing at me, she looks absolutely miserable. Labour MPs are going on the record saying that the Chancellor is toast, and the reality is that she is a human shield for his incompetence. In January, he said that she would be in post until the next election. Will she really?”
Sir Keir replied: “(Mrs Badenoch) certainly won’t. I have to say, I’m always cheered up when she asks me questions or responds to a statement because she always makes a complete mess of it and shows just how unserious and irrelevant they are.
“She talks about the black hole, they left a ￡22 billion black hole in our economy and we’re clearing it up, and I’m really proud that in the first year of a Labour Government, we got free school meals, breakfast clubs, childcare, got ￡15 billion invested in transport in the North and the Midlands.
“We’re cutting regulation, planning and infrastructure is pounding forward, building 1.5 million homes, the biggest investment in social and affordable housing, and of course the three trade deals.”
Mrs Badenoch replied: “How awful for the Chancellor that he couldn’t confirm that she would stay in place.”
3 days ago12:13 Martyn Brown
Tice has head in hands over Starmer reassurances
Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice puts his head in his hands when Keir Starmer says business confidence is booming.
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3 days ago12:12 Steph Spyro
Reeves 'looks absolutely miserable'
Kemi Badneoch has branded Rachel Reeves a "human shield for [Starmer's] incompetence".
The Tory leader added that the Chancellor "looks absolutely miserable".
3 days ago12:11 Steph Spyro
Badenoch warns of tax rises after gutted welfare bill
Badenoch asks PM to rule out tax rises after gutted welfare bill chaos.
He refuses to answer the question and skirts around any suggestion of tax rises.
Badenoch said the welfare Bill had been “completely gutted” and it “doesn’t save any money, it is going to cost billions”.
She said: “This is the first primer minister in history to propose a bill to save money who ended up with a bill that costs money.
“If the Bill doesn’t cut welfare spending, can the Prime Minister tell the House how many people it will get into work?”
Sir Keir said that the Bill “will help people back into work” but failed to answer the question.
3 days ago12:09 Steph Spyro
Starmer 'too weak to get anything done', Badenoch warns
Kemi Badenoch has taken aim at Keir Starmer by saying he is "too weak to get anything done".
She took aim at him and more than 100 other Labour MPs who voted for a welfare bill that is a "pointless waste of time" that "achieves nothing".
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3 days ago12:05 Steph Spyro
Keir Starmer grills PM on welfare savings
Kemi Badenoch starts with a "simple" question for Keir Starmer. She asks "How much your welfare bill is going to save?"
The Prime Minister does not answer the question with a figure.
The Tories are repeatedly shouting “how much?” at Starmer.
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Sir Keir Starmer has defended his welfare reforms saying they will be “better for individuals, better for the taxpayer, and better for the economy”.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Ms Kemi Badenoch said: “It’s been a difficult week for the Prime Minister. So let’s start with something simple. Can the Prime Minister tell the House how much his welfare Bill is going to save?”
The Prime Minister replied: “What we delivered last night was a Bill which ends mandatory reassessment of those with severe disabilities, that is the right thing to do. It re-balances Universal Credit, that is long overdue. And it sets out a pathway to reform of Pip (personal independence payment).
“It’s consistent with the principles I set out throughout. If you can work, you should work. If you need help into work, the state should provide the help. The system that they broke doesn’t do so.”
He added: “If you can’t work, you must be supported and protected. The reformed welfare system that we’re putting place will be better for individuals, better for the taxpayer, and better for the economy.”
3 days ago12:03 Steph Spyro
Starmer questioned on children's policy
Keir Starmer says he's proud to have extended free school meals for half a million children.
This is in response to a Labour MP who asked the first question of the session. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is up now.
3 days ago12:01 Steph Spyro
PMQs begin
Prime Minister's Questions gets underway with cheers for the Prime Minister. The Speaker intervenes to call for order in the chamber.
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3 days ago12:00 Martyn Brown
Starmer to face MPs after welfare bill climbdown
Cheers and jeers for Keir Starmer as he arrives at PMQs. The PM grins and sits down.
3 days ago11:52 Steph Spyro
Unclear if Labour rebels will face disciplinary action over welfare reforms
It is understood that Labour backbenchers could face disciplinary proceedings -including the possible suspension from the whip - for organising against the Governemnt on welfare.
No10 will not remove the whip from welfare rebels - despite 49 Labour MPs forcing the Government to abandon one of its flagship polices.
3 days ago11:49 Steph Spyro
Rachel Reeves in the firing line as 'lame duck' Prime Minister plots reset
What does a lame duck Prime Minister do in times of extreme crisis? Hit reset of course. And that is what I fully expect Sir Keir Starmer to do after the omnishambles of his welfare reforms.
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3 days ago11:47 Christian Calgie
PMQs: Who's asking the questions?
Q1Paul Waugh (Rochdale)
Q2Natasha Irons (Croydon East) (904988)
Q3James MacCleary (Lewes) (904989)
Q4Adrian Ramsay (Waveney Valley) (904990)
Q5Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) (904991)
Q6David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead) (904992)
Q7Steff Aquarone (North Norfolk) (904993)
Q8Olivia Bailey (Reading West and Mid Berkshire) (904994)
Q9Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan) (904995)
Q10Jo White (Bassetlaw) (904997)
Q11Martin Rhodes (Glasgow North) (904998)
Q12Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted) (904999)
Q13Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North) (905000)
Q14Peter Dowd (Bootle) (905001)
3 days ago11:46 Christian Calgie
Tories troll Starmer
The Conservatives have begun trolling Keir Starmer after last night's Commons farce.
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3 days ago11:41 Christian Calgie
Starmer stumbles as he leaves No. 10
Keir Starmer appeared to take a stumble as he left Downing Street this morning, an unfortunate metaphor
Keir Starmer stumbles while leaving Downing Street for PMQs
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3 days ago11:13 Steph Spyro
Kemi vs Keir: PMQs clash at midday
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will clash with Sir Keir Starmer at the Despatch box from midday.
There's a lot of ammunition for Mrs Badenoch after Labour's welfare chaos last night.
3 days ago10:14 Steph Spyro
Re-cap fury over welfare reforms
New Labour MP Marie Tidball electrified the Commons yesterday afternoon as she openly cried while delivering a power speech slamming the Government’s proposed welfare cuts.
Ms Tidball, who was born with a congenital disability affecting all four limbs, got highly emotional as she explained she’d entered politics in the first place to stand up for her community.
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3 days ago09:46 Christian Calgie
Rayner reveals the real reason she doesn't want to be Prime Minister
Angela Rayner has insisted she has no ambitions to be prime minister because it will ruin her looks.
It came as she conceded Keir Starmer is looking tired and exhausted after just one year in the top job.
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3 days ago09:45 Christian Calgie
Angela Rayner dismisses Commons furore as 'argy bargy'
Angela Rayner insisted last night's Commons farce was mere "argy bargy" that has left Labour in a "better place".
She told Lorraine: “The process of parliament can look argy bargy, it can look like everyone’s falling out, but that’s the way you get to a confesses, and when the crunch comes to a vote that’s like a flash point in the Commons.”
“People might see that as all this chaos, but actually we’ve got to a better place now and we’ve got the Bill through parliament.”
3 days ago08:57 Christian Calgie
Angela Rayner's coming up on Lorraine
The Deputy Prime Minister is up on Lorraine in the next few minutes to discuss new social housing in a rare prime-time slot.
3 days ago08:43 Steph Spyro
Summary of what happened in the Commons last night
Despite the last-minute concessions, a total of 49 Labour MPs rebelled and voted against the government's welfare legislation. This is the largest revolt of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership.
Overall, the legislation cleared its first parliamentary hurdle by 335 votes to 260, a majority of 75.
The changes were announced by minister Sir Stephen Timms to MPs in the Commons, and came after a first round of concessions offered last week did not seem enough to quell the rebellion.
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3 days ago08:26 Christian Calgie
Starmer's right hand man dealt brutal blow on BBC Today
Keir Starmer's most senior leiutenant Pat McFadden was asked how the government "managed to screw this up so badly" in a brutal opening question on the Today Programme.
Amol Rajan tore into the Cabinet Office minister, asking: "How can anyone take your government seriously when, despite having a majority of 165 you've had to totally abandon your flagship welfare reform? You can't get it through with a massive majority?"
When Mr McFadden began replying with "there's a long history of this in the Labour Party", Mr Rajan cut him off to quip: "What? Of ineffectual leadership?"
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3 days ago08:19 Steph Spyro
IFS chief says government will 'save nothing' from disability cuts
Helen Miller, incoming boss of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, says the government will “save nothing” from its disability cuts.
She says it looks “increasingly likely the Government will have to turn to tax rises” as U-turns eat into Rachel Reeves’s already narrow headroom.
3 days ago08:18 Christian Calgie
IFS says welfare reforms may now cost money
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that Keir Starmer's concessions managed to turn his welfare bill from something that will save billions to one that may now cost money.
IFS Chief Paul Johnson says: "Looks like initial attempt to save >￡5bn, which then was watered down to saving of less than half that will now save nothing. And could even end up *costing* a few tens of millions. Not a triumph."
It's now widely believed Rachel Reeves is set for huge tax hikes in her Budget later this year.
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3 days ago07:51 Steph Spyro
Cabinet Minister declines to rule out tax rises
A Cabinet minister declined to rule out tax rises after Labour’s welfare concessions to backbench rebels.
Pat McFadden told BBC Breakfast he is “not going to speculate” on what could be in the budget, due in the autumn, but said that ministers “will keep to the tax promises” in their manifesto.
Asked whether economists were right that tax rises look likely, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told the programme: “This is one moving part of the budgetary picture, it does have a financial consequence yesterday.
“I’m not going to speculate on where the budget lands, because there are so many other different moving parts in it, and it wouldn’t make sense for me to do that.”
Asked explicitly whether he could rule out tax rises, Mr McFadden said: “I’m not going to speculate on the budget.
“We will keep to the tax promises that we made in our manifesto when we fought the election last year. But it doesn’t make sense for me to speculate on something where, as I say, there are so many moving parts of which this is only one element.”
3 days ago07:49 Steph Spyro
Rachel Reeves's plans blown apart by ￡4.8bn hole as Labour minister stokes tax fears
A Cabinet Minister has warned there will be “financial consequences” to the Government’s concessions to welfare rebels.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden indicated that the fiscal fallout will be set out at the budget expected in the autumn.
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3 days ago07:21 Steph Spyro
Tories: Total meltdown in Westminster
The Tories say that Starmer’s welfare bill collapsed in real time.
The Conservatives added: "They’ve gutted all cuts and will end up spending even more on welfare. Only Labour could try to cut costs… and spend more!"
They shared a snap of the Express's front page story today.
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Starmer\u2019s welfare bill COLLAPSED in real time. They\u2019ve gutted all cuts and will end up spending even more on welfare.
Only Labour could try to cut costs\u2026 and spend MORE! \ud83e\udd40https://t.co/Dq3XGcXypV pic.twitter.com/GYj3ix5S8O
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3 days ago07:20 Steph Spyro
Labour rebel says 'transfer of power' away from Starmer
Ministers’ concessions on the welfare bill signalled a “change in power between the Prime Minister” and disabled people, one of the leading backbench rebels has suggested.
Rachael Maskell told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Tuesday saw “the bill disintegrating before our eyes”.
“Even in the last moments of the debate, when the minister was winding up, we heard that other sections of the bill will be removed that’s appertaining to Northern Ireland,” she said.
“And I think throughout the day, what we saw was a change in power between the Prime Minister and his Government and disabled people across our country, they having their voice at the heart of Parliament, and that’s why I put the reasoned amendment down.”
The York Central MP also said that she is “glad” that the debate was “had in public” and “now disabled people should feel empowered to have their voice at long last in an ableist parliament”.
3 days ago07:18 Steph Spyro
McFadden: There will be 'financial consequences' of welfare revolt
There will be “financial consequences” to the Government’s concessions to welfare rebels, a Cabinet minister has said.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden indicated that the fiscal fallout will be set out at the budget expected in the autumn
He told Times Radio: “This is a decision that will have financial consequences.. The process of the last couple of weeks does have financial consequences.
“They will all be taken together with all the other moving parts that there are in the economy, in the fiscal picture at the budget, and that will be set out at the time.
“But I’m not denying that when you set out on a plan that has a cost attached to it, and then you have to change that or take it forward in slower time, that is a decision with financial consequences.”
3 days ago07:16 Steph Spyro
Welfare revolt will not 'be the defining story of this Government', Cabinet minister insists
Welfare revolt will not “be the defining story of this Government”, a Cabinet minister has said.
Pat McFadden compared Tuesday night’s backbench revolt to one under Sir Tony Blair in the 1990s, and told Times Radio: “I have been around for a long time, and I have to reflect that it’s not the first time this has happened with Labour on welfare.
“When we first came into government in 1997 we had a very similar size of rebellion on a similar issue: we had 47 Labour MPs voting against a welfare reform measure, we had 100 abstentions.
“The headline was, Blair suffers in benefits revolt and that government went on not only to reform welfare more, but to reduce child poverty, to turn around the NHS and to do a lot of other good things. So I don’t deny that this has been a difficult process over welfare reform, but it’s not the first time it’s happened, and it is not going to be the defining story of this government.”
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also defended Sir Keir Starmer, telling the same station he is the person who has “set the direction” for the Government.
Asked whether there are issues of policy or leadership, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said: “Keir Starmer is the leader who took the Labour Party for only the fourth time in its history from opposition to a majority Labour government.”
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told Times Radio: “It’s been a difficult process there’s no doubt about that, over the last couple of weeks on this.
“But we got to a position where the second reading of the bill was passed, and where in regard to the most contentious issue of reforms to the Pip regime that will now be taken forward in slower time, with my colleague, Stephen Timms, the minister in charge heading up a review of that.”
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