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More Labour MPs join benefit revolt despite ministers’ appeals

Although increasing number of workers’ deputies are looking for Backbencher, they support a proposal to prevent the government’s planned welfare changes to convince them to withdraw them.

It has more than 130 deputies, including 122 deputies. He signed a change This will give them the opportunity to vote for the proposal to reject the plans to reduce disabled and disease -related benefits to save £ 5 billion per year by 2030.

Cabinet ministers are reported to be among the round labor deputies and called on to remove their names from the change. Only one Labor Party MP, Samantha Niblett has so far removed its name from the list.

Sir Keir Starmer, prosperous changes in the “Press ahead” promised to promise.

Among those who signed a change against the welfare reforms of the government are deputies who came from the purchase of 2024 and the deputies before the landslide victory of Labour.

Helen Hayes, the deputy of the worker who signed the change, refused to have any confidence votes by saying, “The situation is not like that.”

“The one who signed this change does not want to be in the position of voting against the government next week,” he said.

He continued: “We want the government to listen to our concerns to avoid a conflict next week, a few weeks after sharing our concerns.”

A trust problem is often seen as a test as to whether the government still maintains its support in the House of Commons.

The names also include two deputies chosen for labor but suspended by the party – John McDonnell and Andrew Gwynne.

Other signatures are a member of Rosie Duffield, who left the Labor Party to sit independently, as well as the political parties of Northern Ireland.

Senior cabinet ministers, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Health Secretary Wes Streeting, are believed to be the deputies who signed a change to convince them to vote with the government.

Henry Zeffman, the Chief political reporter of the BBC, said that some of the cabinet members were afraid of how sour mood is in this regard and that they could enter into a wider problem for this labor leadership. “

A source close to the problem told the BBC on Tuesday night: “When you take a breath, it is better to save some of the prosperity package than to lose all of them.”

Great Manchester and former deputy Mayor Andy Burnham said that the government should listen to the deputies in the Parliamentary Workers’ Party (PLP).

“When PLP transmits collective wisdom with these numbers, it is always true and it is true.”

“They were so widespread and in fact from really good people, all parts of the party, names, all the wings of the party.

“If I look back, if the government I was in listening to PLP, it would be a better government, because it would make better decisions.”

Parliament will vote for the government’s plans for welfare reform next week.

Jake Richardson, who supported the government, said that the current welfare system is “simply unsustainable”.

“I would urge his colleagues to look back and take a step back.” He said.

“However, without accepting all the difficult decisions that come together, they cannot like all the beautiful, easy spending money of the welfare reform.”

The latest British Social Attitudes Report shows that 45% of the participants think that more expenditure should be made on the benefits of disability – this figure has fallen below tomorrow since it was first asked in 1998.

Whether this specific change is voted or not is still attached to the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle President, but this may be more likely to add a number of other deputies to the list of a number of parties, including SDLP and DUP.

The so -called Welfare Reform Law, called the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Payment Law, will contain offers that will make it difficult for disabled people with less serious conditions to request personal independence payment (PIP).

Speaking before a meeting of NATO leaders on Tuesday, Sir Keir He planned to “step forward” with welfare reformsDespite objections from his party.

He said that the current welfare system was “capturing people” about the benefits and that the cost of taxpayers was set to cause an “sustainable” increase.

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