Sir Keir Starmer is braced for a major Labour rebellion as he faces a crunch vote on welfare cuts today. The Prime Minister made a series of concessions to measures aimed at slashing the benefits bill in a bid to avert his first Commons defeat.
But he could still face a significant revolt as Labour backbenchers have said the U-turn on the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill does not go far enough. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announced last week that changes to the personal independence payment (Pip) will only apply to new claimants from November 2026 and that existing universal credit recipients will have their incomes protected in real terms.
The embarrassing climbdown came after 126 Labour MPs signed an amendment that would have effectively killed the Government's Bill.
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