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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

The welfare reform vote: All you need to know

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall made several concessions to stop a major Labour rebellion over welfare cuts (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

MPs have backed a Government proposal to reform welfare payments for sick and disabled people, but only after significant concessions saw much of Sir Keir Starmer’s plan abandoned.

Below, the PA news agency looks at what happened, what it means for personal independence payment (Pip) and universal credit, and what might come next.

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