Government may allow ministers to abstain on disability benefit cuts vote without losing whip, fearing rebellion

Government may allow ministers to abstain on disability benefit cuts vote without losing whip, fearing rebellion

Ministers might be allowed to abstain on the vote on disability benefit cuts this summer, as the government scurries to avoid a large-scale Labour rebellion.

Tax wealth, scrap disability cuts

A copy of Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement to MPs in the House of Commons in March. Photo James Manning/PA Wire Anthony Slaughter, leader Wales Green Party Labour’s cuts to disability support have been widely condemned by the public and charities, yet are still set to go ahead. Let’s be clear – balancing the books off the backs of …

Labour MPs rebelling against Starmer’s brutal austerity cuts programme - Workers Revolutionary Party

LABOUR’S top brass is facing a mounting backlash against its campaign of intimidation aimed at forcing MPs to fall in line behind a brutal programme of austerity targeting disabled people. As a June vote looms over their £4.8 billion in disability benefit cuts, ministers are scrambling to suppress what could become a major internal rebellion. Rather than back down from deeply unpopular policies, Labour’s leadership is reportedly pressuring disse…