Labour MPs handed plea to 'take a stand' against welfare cuts as backlash grows

Labour MPs handed plea to 'take a stand' against welfare cuts as backlash grows

Every Labour MP has been sent a letter by the Green Party urging them to rebel against plans to slash around £6billion from the welfare bill ahead of an announcement next week

Labour MPs must oppose benefit cuts – Alex Charilaou, Momentum

“These proposals could plunge hundreds of thousands of disabled people into poverty.” By Alex Charilaou, Momentum Co-Chair We at Momentum have launched a lobbying tool to mobilise voters in pressuring MPs to oppose reported cuts to welfare. Proposals considered in the government’s ‘reforms’ include making it harder for disabled people to qualify for Personal Independence Payments (PIP), freezing some PIP payments and recalculating the basic rate…

Green leaders urge Labour backbenchers to vote down benefit cuts - Green Party

Green co-leaders Adrian Ramsay MP and Carla Denyer MP appeal to Labour backbenchers to think again on supporting looming benefits cuts: “Experts at Scope suggest that 700,000 disabled households will be pushed into poverty by the government’s planned changes to welfare. “This is an unconscionable choice for any government to make. And it is a choice. We could and should be choosing to tax the very wealthiest a small amount more instead. “Sadly, …