US EditionSir Keir Starmer faces rebellion from Labour MPs over 'impossible to support' welfare reforms
- More than 40 Labour MPs signed a letter on May 8, 2025, opposing planned disability benefit cuts in the UK.
- The letter arose because Labour proposes £5 billion in cuts to Personal Independence Payment eligibility, affecting 700,000 families already in poverty.
- This uprising includes both seasoned and new party members across the political spectrum, occurring alongside extensive objections raised by disability advocates, nonprofit organizations, and related groups.
- A government impact assessment predicts 250,000 more people and 50,000 children could be pushed into poverty by 2030, and MPs called the cuts "impossible to support."
- The dissent signals a major leadership challenge for Starmer, with MPs demanding a delay until full impact assessments are published and alternatives considered.
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Keir Starmer warned disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support' by over 40 Labour MPs - The Mirror
In a letter the group of 42 MPs said the planned cuts to disability benefits represent the 'biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity'
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