Government wins welfare bill vote after making big concessions to rebels

The government won votes with 75 votes in the Useful Invoice, but only after last -minute concessions to labor rebels.

The ministers once watered their plans once by reversing the deductions to the universal loan and protecting their existing plaintiffs from more strict conformity rules.

However, some labor force deputies were still concerned about new criteria to claim that the PIP would enter into force before a review suggestions were applied.

Fearned by a humiliating defeat, the government said that he would not change the PIP rules until he found enough time to take into account the consequences of the investigation – Sir Keir had a blow to Starmer’s authority.

Eleventh -hour changes in the government Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Invoice He ruined his most important measures.

The movement pressure on the Treasury’s expenditure plans, because the potential savings of about £ 5 billion will be postponed or completely lost.

It also weakens Sir Keir’s official. With a series of U -turn Recently and Liz Kendall, Secretary of Labor and Pension.

Speaking after the vote, Kendall said, “I wish we had come to this point in a different way.” He said.

He argued that there were “lessons to be learned from the process”, but argued that the bill was “really important reforms” to help those who can return to work.

He insisted that the workers’ deputies were “100% behind the prime minister”.

Following a few turbulent hours in the parliament, MPs voted 260 with 335 votes to give the invoice their first approval. The conclusion saw that the government’s majority of working fell from 165 to 75.

When the deputies return to the House of Commons on Wednesday, July 9, they will continue to examine the bill.

The ministers hoped that the changes made last week convinced the hesitant rebels to support the bill, but many people were still worried during the discussion.

Less than two hours before the final vote, the Minister of Disability, Sir Sir Stephen Timms, said that the government has made more reconciliation by removing the MPS’s departments that will bring the new rules of conformity to the government.

“We will move directly to a wider examination and we will only make changes to the PIP conformity activity and identifiers following this review.” He said.

A few deputies expressed anger and disappointment in last -minute changes. Labor Deputy Paula Barker said: “Although he is grateful for the privileges, he left the inconsistent and shambolic nature of this process even more naked – the most unifying show I have ever seen.”

Mary Kelly Foy from Labour said to the MPs: “I went out for a banana before, and when I came back, things changed again. So I’m even more uncertain about what I vote for.”

After the vote, Ian Lavery from Labour to BBC said: “This is an absolute turmoil. I have never seen such a thing.”

Both the liberal democrats and the conservatives criticized the process and said that the bill should be completely withdrawn.

The government initially announced plans to shake the advantage system in March in March, including limiting measures for the PIP, the main disability assistance in the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the measures that freeze the health -related element of universal loan.

In addition to measures, it promised a £ 1 billion support package to help people with disabilities and those with long -term conditions.

The government defending offers Red increases in numbers in benefits And he said it was the only way to make the system sustainable in the future.

The ministers also said that the current installation left people dependent on welfare without giving appropriate help to find a job.

However, for weeks, there was an increasing discontent in the ranks of labor that feared that he would push people into poverty.

Last week, more than 120 deputies threatened to block the bill – the government said that more strict rules would only change the legislation to ensure that it would be valid for those who demand after November 2026 rather than existing plaintiffs. He also reversed universal credit plans.

The movement was enough to convince some workers’ deputies, including Dame Meg Hillier, who pioneered the efforts to block the bill.

He warned that the government would support the draft of the government during the discussion on Tuesday, but not to ignore the views of the Backbencher in the future.

However, party colleague Rachael Maskell said to the MPs that he would still oppose the bill: “These Dickensian segments belong to a different period and a different party – far away for the Labor Party.”

The pressure of Backbench deputies led Sir Sir Stephen to announce that the government in the House of Commons will make changes to the PIP only after the investigation was concluded.

Despite multiple climbing, 44 workers still voted for a change that prevents the passage of the bill.

Tuesday’s debates from time to time emphasized the collapse of trust between the government and their Backbencher.

Even the labor force deputies convinced by PIPS concessions, if the ministers were not loyal to their words, they would vote for the bill at a later stage.

There was a special confusion as to what the promise of Sir Stephen’s promise to remove tight pipes than Bill in practice, and whether the deputies will talk about it.

Speaking later, Paula Barker, one of the rebels, said, “I’m not sure all his colleagues understand what they voted for.” He said.

This “unifying show” will trigger a “reset” in their relations with their own deputies, and add the following: “Maybe most of us will question why they say.”

“We all want the Labor Government to succeed.”

Another rebel Richard Burgon said: “If the government does not fulfill its promises to pay personal independence payments, if they do not deduct the universal loan, there is a possibility that this bill can still be renewed.

He continued: “Only one week but a week in politics for a long time.”