US EditionLabour Braces for Biggest Rebellion of Starmer Era over Welfare Reform
- On July 1, 2025, MPs were set to vote on Labour's scaled-back welfare reforms in the House of Commons amid internal party rebellion.
- This vote followed Labour’s decision to reduce planned cuts to disability benefits after over 120 MPs threatened to oppose the bill.
- Key concessions included protecting current Personal Independence Payment claimants from changes, which persuaded some rebels to support the bill though others remained opposed.
- Labour’s Secretary for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall, announced that the government had taken feedback into account and was implementing beneficial adjustments to the welfare reforms.
- This rebellion amid slow economic growth and high inflation raised questions about Starmer’s leadership and the party’s ability to deliver promised reforms and maintain unity.
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UK govt braces for crunch welfare reforms vote amid major rebellion
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the most serious internal rebellion of his year-long premiership on Tuesday, as MPs prepared to vote on key welfare reforms that have already forced a damaging climbdown.
Welfare vote: how many will rebel?
It’s D-Day for Labour’s welfare reforms. MPs will vote tonight on the party’s watered-down benefits cuts. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall formally announced Labour’s climbdown yesterday, telling MPs that the government had ‘listened carefully’ and was bringing in ‘positive changes’. Well, that’s one way of putting it. Even so, Labour is braced for a
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