Labour rebel claims Starmer risks defeat on welfare bill with ‘loads’ of MPs planning to vote against it – UK politics live

Keir Starmer faces the toughest Commons challenge of his premiership this evening when MPs vote on his welfare changesKemi Badenoch has confirmed that the Conservative party will vote against the UC and Pip bill tonight. She posted this on social media last night.The welfare budget’s spiralling-from £40bn pre-Covid to £100bn by 2030.We challenged Labour to cut spending, get people into work & rule out tax rises. Starmer has failed on all counts, and the welfare bill is still set to rise.I simply ask colleagues to read the proposals, compare them to what we have, and I think they’re genuinely better. I absolutely do believe that they protect the most vulnerable people, which is exactly what people, I think, wanted from these reforms. They recognise we’re spending a lot of money and no one’s happy with the existing system, and that we can make those improvements and how the system works in the here and now and for the future are improved by these proposals.I’ll also say, look, if you, if you ignore these difficult issues, I know they’re difficult for colleagues, just think back to where the Conservative party was who didn’t do anything. We need to reform the system. Continue reading...

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