US EditionStarmer facing growing backbench rebellion over planned disability benefit cuts
- Sir Keir Starmer faces growing rebellion from Labour MPs over planned disability benefit cuts to be debated in parliament in 2025.
- The cuts follow government concerns about rising Personal Independence Payment claims, which grew 34% between 2020 and 2024 compared to a 17% rise in disabled working-age people.
- Sixteen major charities warn these £5 billion cuts will harm 800,000 disabled claimants, while economists and Labour figures stress the political risks similar to past winter fuel payment cuts.
- Max Mosley stated that PIP is reaching the individuals it was designed to assist; however, there are ongoing worries about increasing financial difficulties and claim numbers rising more rapidly than the prevalence of health conditions.
- The government insists reforms target a broken system to reduce poverty and support work, but Labour MPs and disabled rights groups demand corrective action amid fears the cuts deepen hardship.
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These are the 42 Labour MPs who have called for Starmer to abandon disability benefit cuts
The prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves are coming under increasing pressure to abandon their planned cuts to disability benefits. The cuts will see a tightening of criteria for Personal Independence Payments which will see many people who would receive a daily living payment become ineligible for this. The cuts, announced earlier this year, are projected to hit 700,000 people already in poverty, and push around 250,000 peop…
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