by Labor rebels have said that they will refuse to support Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to reduce the benefit of the disabled – despite claims that they can be deported if they vote against the reforms.
The independent It has been told that MPs – including ministers – are considering rebellion against the government’s welfare reforms on Tuesday next week are threatened by losing the whip and even, according to two sources, de selection.
The issue came to a head in a fiery gathering of the parliamentary Labor Party that was tackled by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall on Monday evening, in which various members of parliament claimed privately that it could end with Sir Keir who is forced as a leader.
Shortly thereafter, the uprising was officially with a change in the Welfare Reform Act next week in which a break in the reforms was called, some of which believe they can be signed by no fewer than 100 members of parliament.
The government plans to earn £ 5 billion a year from savings on well -being, usually by reducing personal independence payments (PIPs) for people with disabilities by limiting access to them for everyone, except the most disabled people.
It is previously assumed that at least 80 Labor MPs, including 12 ministers, are considering rebel against the legislation needed to reduce the welfare account by £ 5 billion a year. But the new amendment, which is supposed to be organized by the Treasury Select Committee chairman Meg Hillier and other committee chairs, can get even more support.
A senior parliamentary member said to the independent: “The shark circling around the prime minister.”
Another complained that “the government did not listen to private worries”.
According to The guardianThe amendment is expected to notice that assessments suggest that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, can be pushed into poverty.
Mrs. Kendall said the private meeting of Labor Parliamentarians that there is “no route to social justice based on larger benefits alone”, but her attraction was described as “substances judge”.
The Minister of the Cabinet said: “Our plans are rooted in honesty, for those who need support and for taxpayers.
“They are going to ensure that the welfare state survives, so there is always a safety net for those who need it. They are about placing the right guarantees to protect the most vulnerable.
“But above all they are about our conviction that everyone can fulfill their potential and live their hope and dreams when we offer them – jointly – with real opportunities and support. This is the better future we are trying to build for our voters and our country.”
In the meantime, stricter measures are considered to stop an uprising. According to sources, ministers and other members of parliament have been warned that they can get the deportation if they resign and vote against the government. Downing Street denied this, with a source that said, “This is not how we do business.”
But a number of others have been warned that they could experience the same consequences of former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Zara Sultana and others who lost the whip after rebel about the two child benefit.
Last week, Vice Prime Minister Angela Rayner refused to exclude punishments for those who were planning to rebel against the government.
In the meantime, it is clear that MPs ask those permission to miss the vote are refused because the government wants a loyalty of loyalty on 1 July for the second reading.
During the PLP meeting on Monday evening, just a week before the vote, Mrs. Kendall will try to convince fellow Labor MPS that the government has no choice but to balance the books.
But former Jeremy Corbyn Ally Richard Burgon MP has announced that he will present a petition that demands wealth tax instead of benefits next week only 24 hours before the crucial mood.
He posts on X (formerly Twitter): “It has now been confirmed: the mood about cuts on disabilities will be next week.
“So next Monday in parliament I will present my petition for a wealth tax – no disability reduction.
“More than 70,000 have already signed! Let’s get as much as possible.”
The issue became a subject of tensions in the run -up to last month’s expenditure review when a leaked memo by Mrs. Rayner also presented eight new power taxes for the richest individuals and large companies as an alternative to austerity.
The row took place during work and pensions asking in the commons with one MP that suggests that the benefits reductions will lead to “terrible poverty”.
Labor MP Andy McDonald asked for further evidence about how many people will lose personal independence payments as a result of the bill for well -being.
Mr. McDonald, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, said: “Ministers have emphasized the scale of PIP receivers who are expected to lose payments, making one in 10 of the total PIP caseloads, which suggests that the impact of the cuts will still be limited, but that is still 370,000.
“But these figures are based on a series of assumptions that the OBR described as very uncertain. DWP data shows that there are currently 1.3 million people who receive Pip Daily Living payments that would not meet the new criteria.
“So before MPs are asked to vote on the imposition of such terrible poverty, will the DWP or the OBR provide further evidence that supports these claims?”
In the commons, Mr Burgon also claimed that everyone who supports the reforms is voted to take away benefits from people with disabilities who need help “to cut their food, wash themselves and go to the toilet”.
Work and pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms said that the reforms “will open opportunities for people who have been denied opportunities for much, far too long”.
It comes after Vicky Foxcroft from Labor resigned as a governmentzwip about the proposed cuts last week.
Last week Sir Keir made it clear that he will no longer offer concessions to rebels that have already given extra clarification for those who request pips.
He said: “Well, we have to endure the reforms and I am clear from start to finish.
Asked for a possible rebellion, he replied: “The principles remain the same, those who can work should work. Those who need support to work must have those support to work, which I think they are not being at the moment.
“Those who are never able to work must be well supported and protected. And that means that it is not re -assessed and reassessed. So they are the principles, we must reform and we will continue to reform when the bill comes.”
