Labour MPs are set to vote against the government’s welfare reforms, with concessions from ministers failing to sway some. More than 120 Labour MPs previously signed an amendment aiming to defeat the measures outright, but this has diminished to around 35 MPs supporting a new amendment backed by disability charities. Critics, including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, argue that the reforms do not address rising benefit costs effectively. Current recipients of benefits like Pip will be unaffected, but future claimants will experience changes, leading to widespread concern over the proposals’ effectiveness.
The rebellion's scale has ebbed and flowed. Last week, more than 120 Labour MPs signed an amendment that would have killed the proposals outright, an extraordinary threat of defeat for a government with a landslide majority.
Under the current government concessions people who currently receive Pip or the health element of universal credit will continue to do so. But future claimants will still be affected by the reforms.
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, told the BBC her party would vote against the measures 'The benefits bill is too high,' she said. 'It was 40bn just before Covid. It is now projected to be a 100bn by 2030.'
Other criticism of the government proposals has been diverse, with some saying the reforms will not be as effective as the government hopes.
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