150,000 to Be Pushed Into Poverty - as Govt Reveals New Measures to Try to Win over Rebels

150,000 to be pushed into poverty - as govt reveals new measures to try to win over rebels

The government hopes the reduction of 100,000 people - down from 250,000 under the original plans - will be enough to persuade Labour MPs to vote for the revised welfare bill on Tuesday.

How the welfare bill went wrong – Politics Weekly Westminster

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss how the government was forced into backtracking on its plans to cut disability payments. Will changes to the welfare bill be enough to win over rebels? And how damaging is another U-turn for Keir Starmer and his team? Continue reading...

Keir Starmer facing fresh rebellion over welfare cuts ahead of crunch vote

Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official modelling suggests.