Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts

Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, is looking for ways to lift children out of poverty without removing the two-child benefit cap. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Ministers are scrambling to avoid a damaging rebellion this summer when MPs vote on controversial cuts to disability benefit payments, even offering potential rebels the chance to miss the vote altogether.

The government is due to hold a vote in June and dozens of Labour MPs are worried it will hurt their constituents and could cost them their seats.