Keir Starmer says government will stand firm on disability welfare overhaul | Disability

Keir Starmer, ministers and party whips before the vote of the next week, while struggling to include a growing labor rebellion, the government’s welfare plans, he said.

The gang of the rebels were already 108 years old on Tuesday morning, and there were fears that the government would rise in the government and stripped the changes in the benefits as they lined up.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the Prime Minister would “destroy the financial security network” for millions of people.

While the cabinet ministers were deployed to win labor rebels, some whip and assistants were accused of threatening by deputies and claimed that a defeat could fly into the air. No 10 did not reject the allegations.

Workers’ rebellions, including senior committee chairs, made a change that requested the government to pause the legislation and to bring 1 billion pounds promised to hire more people. If the ministers do not accept, they will try to vote the bill.

The scale of the rebellion was seen as a surprise because of the concerns that thousands of vulnerable people could dive into poverty as a result of the loss of disability of thousands of vulnerable people, even some of the backhenchers of the Backhencher.

However, Starmer said on Tuesday that he would progress with revisions, insisting that there was a “open moral case for the change.

Speaking on the way to the NATO summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister defended his plans to tighten the conformity criteria for the Payment of Personal Independence (PIP).

“There is a clear moral case, so: the current system does not help those who want to get a job,” he said. “It trapped people.

Labor and Pension Secretary Liz Kendall, while trying to win most of the opponents of Tuesday, talked with the deputies. It was understood that cabinet ministers, including Angela Rayner, Jonathan Reynolds and Wes Streeting, were also deployed to convince worried backbenchers.

The rebellion in which a rebellious source rose to 127 on Tuesday night is sufficient to threaten the majority of Starmer’s work and to overcome the government’s plans by the rebels and opposition deputies. No 10 could not prefer to withdraw the invoice rather than a face defeat.

Vicky FoxCroft, a former government whirling of the welfare plans, signed a change with former Cabinet Minister Louise Haigh. At that time, more pre -banker is expected to participate in the rebellion.

On Tuesday evening, Kemi Badenoch offered conservative support to help the government to pass the welfare bill for three commitments from Starmer.

Badenoch T Old Sky News: iz We can support the invoice if Keir Starmer is committed to the Dispatch box in order to reduce the welfare budget, hire people and meet our conditions in order to avoid tax increases.

“The invoice is a little mess. He needs some work. It looks like a hurry for Rachel [Reeves] To solve other problems they have. However, our welfare budget is very high and we really need to download it. “

When the government was not likely to submit to the pressure of the Tory, especially in order to commit to tax increases, the opposition turned out to vote or abstain from the bill of political guarantee.

The rebellious change, led by the President of the Treasury Election Committee Meg Hillier, increases concerns that bids can push up to poverty of up to 250,000 people, including 50,000 children.

In addition, the government criticizes the government because of the fact that the budget responsibility cannot publish the office for an impact assessment and make changes with disabled people without adequate counseling.

The proposed legislation will make it difficult to qualify for the plaintiffs to meet a higher threshold in their assessment. It also contains gradually the assessment of the health burden on the universal loan for new plaintiffs from 2026 to new plaintiffs.

Khan ministers called on the difficulties that changes would force vulnerable and disabled people. He said that additional employment and educational support should be brought as soon as possible and appropriate transition protections should be applied before the deductions.

“I have always told people to support people to rely on the benefits of going back to work. It is vital for a healthy and prosperous London. It is to take the vital security network that we cannot do, that we cannot do, and that the Londons with disabilities trust so much,” he said.

When asked whether the privileges can be offered to the rebels, No 10 Spokespersons said: ız We will talk to them next week, but the government believes it is a good reform package. We hope that it will interact positively in the next few days. ”

Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden said on Tuesday morning, the employee deputies’ first major trip in the Avams, the legislation will effectively vote for “very serious thing”, he said. .

Disability charity institutions criticized changes, warned people with mental health conditions, women with fluctuating diseases and unpaid carers will affect disproportionately.

Experts are expected to lose thousands of pounds per year under the plans to save 5 billion pounds per year by overhauling the welfare system of Kendall’s PIP. According to the government’s own impact assessment, extra 250,000 people will fall into relative poverty until 2029-30.