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Be a disaster for labour will make the rebellion a lot worse. Most being bullied is so shocking to read 🤞more MPs sign
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Mine isn't on it either.
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No idea , I have been trying to find out more info.
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The controversial policy includes cuts and reforms to the welfare system which many backbench MPs had already voiced concerns over, as ITV News' Political Correspondent Romilly Weeks reports
ITV News has learned an amendment will be tabled as early as Tuesday to the government's flagship welfare bill, which could stop the legislation in its tracks.
The amendment is expected to be tabled by Labour MP Meg Hillier, chair of both the Treasury and Liaison committees, and signed by 12 additional Labour Party select committee chairs.
At the time of writing, ITV News understands the amendment has a total of 74 Labour MPs' names behind it.
The amendment, backed by some of the most senior members of the Labour Party, is a humiliating moment for the government, which has faced fierce opposition from its own benches over the reforms.
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The amendment, which ITV News has seen, heavily criticises the government's implementation of this bill and reads: "This house, whilst noting the need for the reform of the social security system, and agreeing with the Government’s principles for providing support to people into work and protecting people who cannot work, declines to give a Second Reading to the ‘Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment’ Bill because its provisions have not been subject to a formal consultation with disabled people, or co-produced with them, or their carers."
It goes on to highlight the lack of an impact assessment from the Office for Budget Responsibility and claims, "the majority of the additional employment support funding will not be in place until the end of the decade."
In one particularly damning fact for the government, this amendment calls out the government’s own impact assessment which estimates, "250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of these provisions, including 50,000 children."
The Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, addressed Labour MPs on Monday night.
In making her case for backing the legislation, she is understood to have told them: “Our plans are rooted in fairness – for those who need support and for taxpayers.
“They are about ensuring the welfare state survives, so there is always a safety net for those who need it.
“They’re about putting proper safeguards in place to protect the most vulnerable.
“But above all they are about our belief that everyone can fulfil their potential and live their hopes and dreams when – collectively - we provide them with real opportunities and support."
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The government's proposals – aimed at encouraging more people off sickness benefits and into work – are set to include the tightening of criteria for personal independence payment, which is the main disability benefit.
They also include a cut to the sickness-related element of universal credit and delayed access to only those aged 22 and over.
The legislation, known as the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, was set to be debated by MPs in a second reading on July 1.
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It said 74 MPs . I read it’s over 100
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Khan said: “I have always said that more must be done to support people to go from relying on benefits to getting back into work. It’s vital for a healthy and prosperous London. What we can’t do is take away the vital safety net that so many vulnerable and disabled Londoners rely upon.”
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In all fairness this article by itv did say they understand 74 MPs at the time of writing. So it’s likely to have increased now depending on when it was wrote.
Diane Abbot has tweeted there’s 127 Labour MPs on X now
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I just listened to the itv news and it said 124 so maybe a typo ?
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latest numbers from dr jay on x is 129
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""We're fixing the abysmal mess the Tories left behind, and MPs can either vote to keep a broken, failed welfare system that writes people off, or they can vote to start fixing it.
"Next week's Bill is a test for the Leader of the Opposition as to whether her party has learned anything at all by being roundly rejected by Britain"
But keep playing their usual blame game won't secure them support from the Cons, I guess!
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Yes, I have heard what Kemi said, but let us be honest, it was not really an offer of support. It was a list of non-negotiable demands she expects Keir Starmer to commit to at the dispatch box, tougher welfare cuts, no tax rises, and more disabled people pushed into work, that is what she wants and Starmer can take it or leave it.
Unless he makes those commitments publicly in Parliament, the Conservatives will not back him. Her insistence on a Commons statement is not just for show, it is about locking those promises in publicly, making them politically binding and far harder for Starmer to reverse later.
Could Starmer agree to Badenoch’s conditions? Possibly, but I would be genuinely surprised if he did. If he accepts her terms, he risks seriously deepening the divisions already growing within the Labour Party, where many MPs believe the existing reforms are already too severe. Agreeing to even tougher conditions would almost certainly be seen as a kick in the teeth by the many Labour MPs already rebelling over the cuts.
Taking Badenoch’s deal would not just be risky, it would be a high stakes political gamble with Labour’s party unity hanging in the balance. We will have to wait and see how it all unfolds.
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Starmer has delayed the vote !
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I hope the amendment is still in the works
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How can he promise he’ll get us into jobs that aren’t there ? Why are we more important to push into jobs than healthy unemployed . And as for no tax rises , well how could he promise that . He already promised that pre election and then reeves broke that pledge and she’ll do it again
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What concessions? A new shiny tent perhaps. We want the 4? Point rule scrapped and wca reinstated at least
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Up to the Speaker and, IMHO, it doesn't fit the criteria. Moreover, an attempt at this will infuriate his backbenchers.
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@secretsquirrel1 and @waylander9602 Before the Second Reading of the Bill, the Speaker will decide whether this ammendment and any other ammendments tabled ought to be voted on. If this ammendment is allowed and it were to pass there wouldn't be a vote on the Bill. It couldn't proceed through the usual parliamentary stages.
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