Labour welfare rebellion – latest: Starmer vows to press on with controversial vote despite dissent from 120 MPs

Independent’s political reporter Archie Mitchell Reports:

A loyal deputy to Sir Keir Starmer called on the balloon welfare bill before rejecting the rejection of the rebellious colleagues and the government’s plans to cut personal independence payments.

Jake Richards told the BBC in a statement, “a day a day, a thousand people apply for the PIP, every year Leicester -sized, the proposed reforms at the end of parliament will be 800,000 people in PIP today.” He said.

“This is not just sustained,” he added.

He said: “What I have to recognize in my mind is that they cannot love all their spending money and good parts of welfare reforms without difficult decisions.”

In the last few minutes, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that he would vote for the welfare bill on Tuesday, despite his major Backbench opposition.

The Prime Minister told LBC: “There will be a vote on Tuesday, we will make sure we reform the welfare system.”

He claimed that his party was chosen to “change the broken one” and said that the welfare system did not work for anyone ”.

“He imprisones people in a position they can’t get to work. In fact, inefficient, working against them to get into work.

“That’s why we have to reform and this is a effort argument, this is a progressive argument.”

Kemi Badenoch offered to save Sir Keir Starmer from his own labor backbencher after threatening to reduce the welfare reforms of a great rebellion.

In a proposal to Sir Keir, “The government is mixed, the deputies are rebellion.

Independent’s political reporter Archie Mitchell Reports:

A workers’ rebellious leader said that the welfare cuts of Sir Keir Starmer, who was opposed, did not want to reduce the government.

Helen Hayes said that many of those who supported a change that would kill the welfare bill are not “natural rebels… they do not want to defeat the government”.

BBC Radio 4s President of the Education Election Committee Today The program said that there are serious problems that are not answered at the center of the bill and need a response uz We want the government to pause, rethink and review what they recommend, ”he said.

Sir Sadiq Khan said the government’s welfare reforms should “think urgently”.

The Mayor of London said, “He always said that more should be done to support people to help return to work,” he said.

“What we can’t do is to eliminate the vital security network of many vulnerable and disabled London.

“After looking at the analysis of the government’s plans, the impact on London will be important and will destroy financial security networks for too much disabled London.

“The government should urgently think. These changes should look at the potential difficulties that will be forced to thousands of vulnerable and disabled London.

“Additional employment and educational support promised by ministers should be brought as soon as possible, and the appropriate transition protections should be in force before everyone starts to lose their benefits.”

Independent’s political reporter Archie Mitchell Reports:

British Defense Secretary returned to the interviewer because he asked Donald Trump’s anti -nuclear anti -nuclear strikes in Iran.

When John Healey asked a question about the report by the BBC, it was to disclose the war damage from the US strikes ”.

He put pressure on the UK’s position on leakage: im I will not comment… Would you expect me to comment on an intelligence report? ” He said.

He put pressure again: “Would you expect me to start our own intelligence assessments like this?” He said.

And Mr. Healey emphasized his presence at the NATO summit in The Hague and said to Emma Barnett from the BBC to Emma Barnett: “I don’t think you will find the leaders here by discussing the questions you discussed here for your audience.”

Sir Keir Starmer said that the vote on welfare reforms was led by a reckoning with workers’ rebellions.

“This is not a vote of trust. A vote for reforming in our welfare system.

“It doesn’t work. It doesn’t help people. On the contrary, it actually makes it difficult for people to get into work.

He asked if he would present privileges to appoint deputies who are not satisfied with the reforms: uz We are pressing with this vote because we need to bring reform.

“We were elected to the government to change what is broken. Our welfare system was broken. The progressive thing to do is to correct it for working people to work.”

Independent’s political reporter Archie Mitchell Reports:

John Healey said that the welfare system is currently needing reform because it is currently failing millions.

“This deeply seated, unsuccessful system trapped millions of people, and says that the only way to get social security payments is open, he will never work again,” he said.

As Sir Keir Starmer’s rebellion on the benefits deductions increased, Mr. Healey told BBC: ız We cannot be in a situation where personal independence payments that have doubled more than 1000 people every day since the pandem of more than 1000 people. ”

More workers’ deputies, Sir Keir Starmer’ın next week with the votes of “pressure” after the government’s willing to rebel against the welfare deductions of the government showed.

In general, 134 deputies are currently released by Parliament late on Wednesday, a certificate of orders, supporting a change that would effectively threaten the government’s proposed changes.

On Tuesday night, Leeds Central and Headingley Deputy Alex Sobel and Uxbridge and Danny Beales representing South Ruislip.

Hertford and Bradford West deputy Naz Shah are among the new labor signs.