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Welfare bill passes by majority of 75 as massive climbdown heads off Labour revolt – as it happened

MPs vote through welfare bill by 335 votes to 260 after rebel amendment to kill off bill defeated easily after concession over planned Pip cuts

The Guardian - UK

Two Scottish Labour MPs among 39 remaining welfare cut rebels – see full list

A REBELLION is brewing on Keir Starmer’s planned cuts to disability welfare – see the full list of the signed-up rebels ...

The National (Scotland)

Leading Labour rebel backs welfare bill amid sustained defiance

Meg Hillier to vote for government’s legislation on Tuesday though dozens of Labour MPs still expected to oppose it

The Guardian - UK

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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

Who are the key Labour rebels in the revolt against Starmer’s welfare bill?

A day before the crucial vote, here are the party figures leading the debate on the prime minister’s welfare reforms

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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UK 'currently' training Israeli soldiers on UK soil, Labour Government admits

The UK is hosting and training soldiers from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) despite allegations that the military is engaged in genocide in…

The National (Scotland)

‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly three years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to help

The Guardian - UK

Will more pensioners get fuel payments next winter?

It has been suggested pensioners could have to wait for more than a year to have the payment reinstated

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to change course after Reform’s success in local elections

Labour MP Rachael Maskell said her party has ‘special responsibilities’ to serve the needs of people.

Evening Standard

Rebel Labour MPs double down on opposition to Starmer’s welfare cuts: ‘The whole policy is wrong’

Labour rebels are hardening their stance against the welfare cuts, with ministers planning a compromise to ease opposition

The Independent UK

Government announces £50m for adoption fund after concerns over delay

MPs from across the House criticised the Government for the delayed announcement, accusing it of leaving children in ‘limbo’.

Evening Standard

Welfare cuts will be managed in ‘compassionate way’, says minister

Sir Stephen Timms was seeking to reassure MPs who continue to express concerns over the impact of the welfare cuts on tens of thousands of people.

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Evening Standard

Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves to rethink cuts to health and disability benefits

Debbie Abrahams, who chairs the Work and Pensions Committee, questioned how ‘making people sicker and poorer’ would help the economy.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers vow to tackle forced labour in supply chains to mollify MPs

Pledge comes after Labour MPs were whipped to remove legal protections from Great British Energy bill

International Business Times UK

Rachel Reeves Took £600 Sabrina Carpenter Concert Freebie Despite Keir Starmer's Taylor Swift Ticket Scandal

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces criticism for accepting £600 worth of free concert tickets, drawing comparisons to a controversy involving Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

‘I want us to get it right’: Rachael Maskell on becoming Labour’s reluctant rebel

Believing her party should help the poorest, the York Central MP spoke out on winter fuel payments, overseas aid, Waspi women and now benefit cuts

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves ‘accepted free tickets to Sabrina Carpenter concert’ as freebies row reignites

Labour MP Rachael Maskell said reports of Ms Reeves accepting Sabrina Carpenter tickets are ‘deeply troubling’

Evening Standard

MPs raise concerns over ‘bold’ plans to abolish NHS England

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said it was not a decision he had taken ‘lightly’.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer tells Labour MPs welfare system is 'indefensible'

Sir Keir Starmer has warned Labour MPs that the Government could not “shrug our shoulders and look away” from problems in the welfare system…

Evening Standard

Starmer tells Labour MPs ‘we cannot shrug shoulders’ over welfare

The Prime Minister said he was ‘not afraid to take the big decisions’ to ‘fix what is broken’.

Evening Standard

Government will ‘stretch every sinew’ to get young people into work – minister

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said one in eight young people of working age were not in employment or educational training.

The National (Scotland)

Labour revolt as MP hits out at own party's 'draconian' DWP welfare cuts

A LABOUR MP has warned ministers against “draconian cuts” ahead of expected changes to the welfare system.

The Independent UK

Starmer braces for rebellion over welfare cuts as Labour accused of ‘pushing disabled people into poverty’

Labour backbencher warns of ‘deep, deep concern’ from colleagues over planned cuts

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