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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Conservatives will look to amend Government welfare Bill

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Conservatives will try to change the Government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal independence payments (Pip) and universal credit.

Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are “now the only party committed to serious welfare reform” after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer shelved plans to restrict eligibility for Pip in the face of a backbench revolt this week.

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