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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Leading Labour rebel backs welfare bill amid sustained defiance

Protesters, some of which are disabled people, holding banners with slogans including 'Losing Pip means we can't survive'
Protesters opposing the bill in Parliament Square, London, on Monday. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Downing Street has “listened” and “honoured” the promises it made on changes to the welfare bill, one of the key rebels, Meg Hillier, has said, saying she would vote for the bill on Tuesday.

The Treasury select committee chair, who authored the original amendment that would have killed off the government’s flagship welfare changes, offered her support amid a continued backlash over the bill from dozens of MPs.

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