Starmer’s welfare cuts to plunge 150,000 more people into poverty | Politics | News

Due to the government’s modeling, welfare changes, at least 150,000 more people will be pushed to relative poverty by the end of 2029-30. The figure is from 250,000 extra people who are estimated to have been left in relative poverty after housing costs under the original offers.

The evaluation published by the government on Monday said that the impact on retirees and children was “negligible”.

Modeling published by the Ministry of Labor and Pension, estimation, disabled people and long -term health conditions to support extra financing and measures to support any “potential positive effect”, he said.

The ministers made their concessions in the hope that the climbing would be enough to secure their Backbench votes after a collective reconstruction on Tuesday.

Labor and Pension Secretary Liz Kendall returned to the plans to cut the health of the universal loan after the changes in the payment of personal independence last week would only be valid for new plaintiffs from November 2026 and the ministers have signed a change that effectively kills the bill of 126 labor deputies.

Although the changes are expected to take some of these rebels on the ship, there are still threats of rebellion.

Barones Jacqui Smith, who served as the head of the whip under Sir Tony Blair, was asked what the results of the workers who voted against the government in Sky News were asked in Sky News.

He said: “As an old chief whip, I don’t think it is a constructive way to talk about the punishments here.”

Baroness Smith later added: “You always introduce the bill in the legislation, you have a second reading about the principles, and then you think about it as you pass through all the stages of Parliament. I am sure that this will continue to happen.”

When the Times Radio was asked whether the rebels will remove the whip, the Minister of Education Baroness Smith said that it was important to “continue to speak”.

The legislation will be voted in the second reading on Tuesday and the government will change the bill at the stage of the Committee of Joints to fulfill the changes.

Original plans limited the suitability for the Payment of Personal Independence (PIP) and reduced the health -related element of universal loan.

Changes in the PIP will now only apply to new claims from November 2026.