Government ministers are preparing for a potentially contentious vote on disability benefit cuts, with the risk of rebellion from Labour MPs. To mitigate dissent, they are offering some MPs the option to abstain, deviating from previous disciplinary actions against rebels. The cuts, totaling £4.8 billion, have ignited tensions within the party, as many MPs are concerned about the impacts on their constituents. Additional measures to support low-income families are also being considered to ease the negative effects of the cuts, amid growing dissent among backbenchers.
Ministers are scrambling to avoid a damaging rebellion this summer when MPs vote on controversial cuts to disability benefit payments, even offering potential rebels the chance to miss the vote altogether.
Government sources said whipping arrangements had not yet been decided for the vote in two months' time, but did not deny that potential rebels had been offered the opportunity to abstain.
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