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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot, Kiran Stacey, Aletha Adu and Pippa Crerar

No 10 set to offer concessions to welfare rebels

Starmer speaking at a Nato summit in The Hague
Keir Starmer was said to have fuelled further anger within the party after dismissing the backlash over proposed welfare reforms as ‘noises off’. Photograph: Kin Cheung/PA

No 10 is preparing to offer concessions to Labour MPs amid a major rebellion over the government’s planned welfare cuts.

Downing Street is understood to be considering watering down changes to the eligibility for disability benefits which had been significantly tightened by the reforms in the bill.

More than 120 MPs are poised to rebel against the government next Tuesday and there remains division at the top of government over how to stem the growing anger.

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