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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
David Lynch

More than 100 MPs threaten to halt welfare reforms in PM’s biggest rebellion

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

More than 100 Labour MPs have signed their names to a Commons bid to halt the Government’s welfare reforms in their tracks, enough to threaten Sir Keir Starmer’s majority.

Some 108 MPs’ signatures appear on a reasoned amendment declining to give the welfare reform Bill a second reading when it returns to the Commons on July 1.

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