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Welfare rebellion looms for Starmer despite concessions to Labour rebels

Backbench anger has continued to simmer.

The Independent UK

'Dickensian' benefit cuts slammed by leading Labour rebel as Starmer faces biggest revolt of his premiership

Ministers hope PM’s partial U-turn will be enough to win over sufficient Labour rebels to pass the Government’s welfare changes on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham urges MPs to vote against Labour’s welfare reforms

Ministers hope the concessions to welfare Bill will be enough to avert a backbench rebellion

The Independent UK

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Liz Kendall is a listening kind of woman but can’t seem to hear Labour discontent on welfare bill

Not one member of the work and pensions secretary’s party came to her rescue as she laid out the government’s concessions – sorry, measures

The Guardian - UK

The sound of silence for Liz Kendall was a big problem for Starmer beyond welfare reform

NEWS ANALYSIS: Labour MPs refusing to show approval for the changes to the welfare reform bill shows a change of mood on the backbenches, observes David Maddox

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer left to sweat as Labour rebels apply heat over benefit cuts

Labour MPs lineup to demand more changes to proposed reforms

The Independent UK

Nearly 800,000 disabled children face cliff-edge over Labour’s ‘devastating’ welfare reforms

Over a million current disability benefit claimants have been left out of Labour’s welfare concessions – and most are children

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Changes to UK disability cuts will cost billions, Liz Kendall tells MPs

CHANGES to the UK Government’s welfare reforms will cost around £2.5 billion in 2029/30, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said.

The National (Scotland)

Welfare U-turn will cost £2.5bn by 2030, Liz Kendall tells MPs

The Work and Pensions Secretary confirmed the concessions announced last week.

The Independent UK

Labour's welfare U-turn will cost £2.5bn, MPs are told as government looks to appease rebels

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall confirmed the concessions made on the government’s welfare reform announced last week

Evening Standard

Voices: Starmer’s welfare U-turn means he is now following his party, not leading it

COMMENT: As Labour backbenchers discover the latent power that rests in their hands, Keir Starmer risks being in office but not in power, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Discussing possible punishments for welfare rebels ‘not constructive’ – minister

Baroness Jacqui Smith was asked whether Labour rebels will have the whip removed.

Evening Standard

Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – as it happened

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s disability benefit U-turn not enough, says rebel Labour whip

Around 50 Labour MPs are still expected to rebel against the government on Tuesday

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Evening Standard

Welfare concessions to be set out ahead of crunch vote

The Government will amend the Bill at the Commons committee stage to put the changes in place.

The Independent UK

Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK

Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says he lost grip on Labour welfare revolt due to focus on foreign affairs

Prime minister says he would ‘have liked to get to a better position with colleagues sooner than we did’

The Independent UK

The prime minister’s welfare U-turn is welcome – but not the end of the matter

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Abandoning cuts to disability benefits has resulted in a messy compromise that ensures all future PIP applicants will receive less than existing recipients. This calls for more sensible and sensitive reforms to our social security system

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The National (Scotland)

Labour's 'minor' climbdown will leave benefits system 'woefully inadequate'

LABOUR’S “very small” concessions on welfare reforms will still leave the system “woefully inadequate”, a disability rights worker has…

The Independent UK

Starmer’s ‘two-tier’ welfare concessions will create a ‘generational divide’, campaigners warn

‘We urge MPs to stand firm against a bill that continues to discriminate, harm, and marginalise’, said Amnesty International

Evening Standard

Labour in ‘good place now’ on welfare, Kendall insists after Government U-turn

Number 10 offered concessions in a late-night climbdown to head off Sir Keir Starmer’s first Commons defeat.

The Independent UK

How Labour’s welfare bill will cut benefits

Keir Starmer’s U-turn has provided welcome relief to many disability benefit claimants – but cuts stay on the table

The Independent UK

Voices: Starmer’s welfare humiliation is a turning point for his government

COMMENT: The prime minister had no choice but to give in to Labour rebels on disability benefits – but this rebellion has been handled particularly badly, says John Rentoul, who doubts the current PM will see out this parliament

The National (Scotland)

Labour rebels urged to 'stand firm' over welfare cuts despite Keir Starmer U-turn

REBEL Labour MPs have been urged to “stand by their conscience” over disability welfare cuts.

The Guardian - UK

Welfare bill: what compromises have been made and how will claimants be affected?

More than 120 Labour MPs were planning to defeat the bill by voting against it before last-minute concessions

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