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The Latest Breaking News on Starmer stands firm on welfare bill as number of Labour rebels passes 120

Starmer stands firm on welfare bill as number of Labour rebels passes 120

Party big-hitters including Sadiq Khan urge PM to pause legislation as ministers and whips fail to contain rebellion

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on disability benefits: Labour’s rebels are right – these reforms will lead to misery

Editorial: The welfare system needs to change. But these over-hasty cuts will increase poverty, not employment

The Guardian - UK

Starmer must meet Tory conditions if he wants us to back Welfare Bill – Badenoch

The Prime Minister is facing a rebellion from his own MPs over the proposed legislation which is set for a Commons vote on July 1.

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Pressure piles on Anas Sarwar as 10th Scottish Labour MP joins rebellion

A 10th Scottish Labour MP has signed their name on an amendment which opposes the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits, heaping…

The National (Scotland)

Welfare rebellion not a confidence vote, PM says as he remains defiant over cuts

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will ‘press on’ despite the backbench rebellion.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts

Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch offers to rescue Starmer’s welfare reforms as Labour rebellion grows

The prime minister has been warned that using Tory votes to pass his welfare reforms against a rebellion of more than 120 Labour MPs would be ‘shameful’

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How will your MP vote on Labour’s welfare bill – and could Starmer’s government be defeated?

Enough Labour MPs have signalled their opposition to potentially defeat the government’s plans

The Independent UK

PM tells Cabinet ‘we will reform welfare’ amid backbench rebellion over plans

The Prime Minister on Tuesday said the Government must ‘fix what is broken’.

Evening Standard

Minister defends welfare cuts, saying number receiving Pip rising by 1,000 a day

Pat McFadden says number of people on benefit is due to double over decade, as more than 100 Labour MPs try to pause cuts

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour MPs set to rebel on UK welfare reform – see the full list

MORE than 100 Labour MPs have lined up to oppose the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits ...

The National (Scotland)

Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts that will 'destroy financial safety net'

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

Evening Standard

More than 100 Labour MPs threaten to halt welfare cuts in biggest rebellion yet

MORE than 100 Labour MPs have signed their names to a Commons bid to halt the UK Government's welfare reforms ...

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More than 100 MPs threaten to halt welfare reforms in PM’s biggest rebellion

The rebellion would be enough to defeat the Government’s plans if opposition MPs joined the Labour rebels.

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