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If I ever, I mean ever have a Reform or a Tory or a Labour canvasser or representative at this door my mother will give them a piece of her mind and I might get the courage to verbally put them in touch also.

I would love to see that cretin Richard Tice be on 70 pounds a week living in a council estate, not using BUPA and having to rely on the NHS, you know he cheated on his wife with Isabel Oakshott? that's the kind of man he is. Why should this country listen to a word he has to say? Please tell me.

Starmer and Rayner be gone by September

The Tories want Starmer to cut even harder and if Reform had their way there wouldn't be a welfare state.

Robert peston ITV

The prime minister’s ambition to listen to his MPs who have concerns about his welfare reforms is not going to plan. One of his Downing St advisers had a meeting today with some of the rebels and resorted to shouting, according to one observer. “Some of my colleagues were in tears” said an MP. “It was completely inappropriate.”

open season on disabled people

It appears to be taken for granted that the Bill is indeed a Money Bill. I can scarcely believe it. I think we're scuppered.

From "The Guardian":

Why timetable for welfare bill leaves very little time for amendments to be agreed

The timetable for the UC and Pip bill announced by Lucy Powell at business questions today has important consequences for the Labour MPs who want to see it amended. Ruth Fox, director of the Hansard Society, explains them here in a thread on Bluesky.

"The Government cramming Committee, Report & 3rd Reading into 1 day the week after 2nd Reading (so much for intervals between stages...) means if they pull the Bill they will have 2 days of Commons business to fill. But of greater concern is that this timetable has important implications for those Labour MPs who have signed the reasoned amendment. If the Govt promises concessions in advance of 2nd Reading those will only crystallise at Committee Stage on the 9 July. If they are not quite right, or what the MPs think they were signing up for there will be little time for making changes. If normal procedures are followed the Government should table amendments at least one sitting week in advance - so by the end of Wed 2nd July, the day after 2nd Reading. Non Government MPs will be able to table their own amendments up to three sitting days beforehand - so by the end of the sitting on Friday 4 July. But if MPs are not happy with the proposals made they will have to be resolved on the floor of the Chamber itself on the 9th. This is where the lack of time for reflection, taking advice, can get messy with amendments being proposed and voted on almost in real time. The Bill will go to the House of Lords but it is a money bill so the Lords does not normally have a Committee and Report stage (it is “negatived” in parliamentary parlance) to amend the Bill. They debate it at 2nd Reading and then the remaining stages are a formality.

This underlines how important the Commons scrutiny is. There is no revising backstop for money bills."

I read this earlier. So if I understand it, they drag the concessions consultation out, constituents will have no opportunity to raise concerns on amendments to their MPs, who only have a day in the chamber to challenge amendments.

That’s how I’m reading it but could be wrong. It feels like another almighty stitch-up incoming. It simply needs to be stopped.

Hi MW ,

There’s talk of a money bill again, do you think it’s going that way now ? Where do we stand now , are we in a strong position or is the possible amendment not enough to save us

If the Bill passes its Second Reading, MPs have minimal time to consider any concessionary ammendment properly irrespective of input from constituents. I'm shattered that this appears to be a Money Bill... assuming the Guardian is correct. That reduces my hope that the reasoned ammendment will be accepted by the Speaker. I can open hope that this filthy business infuriates MPs of all persuasions.

It seems to have started with that letter signed by Corbyn but I’ve never seen anything from the government to say it is . What don’t understand is how he can rush it through in a day , isnt it against the rules ? He simply doesn’t listen to people.