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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Frances Ryan

Reeves faces anger from her local party over plans to cut disability benefits

Rachel Reeves
Opposition to disability cuts comes as 100 Labour MPs are reported to have signed a letter urging ministers to scale back the benefit cuts. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images

Rachel Reeves’ local Labour party will call for the chancellor to abandon her plans to cut disability benefits as rebellion among MPs over the policy grows.

The Leeds West and Pudsey constituency Labour party (CLP), which campaigned to return Reeves to parliament last year as its MP, has agreed to write to her “as soon as possible” to make clear it does not support the cuts.

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