The Independent actively engages with critical issues like reproductive rights, climate change, and financial scrutiny, ensuring accessible journalism without paywalls. Support from the public enables coverage of diverse perspectives through on-ground reporting. Concurrently, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer faces significant dissent from party MPs regarding welfare reforms, with two MPs publicly criticizing the proposed cuts. Their statements highlight concerns that these changes could lead to 150,000 individuals falling into poverty, questioning the rushed nature of the legislation and the implications of policy decision-making.
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Sir Keir Starmer is facing intense backlash from Labour backbench MPs over welfare reforms, with warnings that 150,000 people could be plunged into poverty.
MP Emma Lewell expressed her objection to the government’s changes, emphasizing that she could never support a move that would harm 150,000 vulnerable individuals.
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