Many Labour MPs still planning to vote against welfare bill, leftwing MP claims – UK politics live | Politics

Many Labour MPs will continue to oppose the welfare bill despite the U-turn announced overnight, the leftwing MP Nadia Whittome claimed this morning.

Whittome told the Today programme:

All of the MPs I’ve spoken to who signed the reasoned amendment – MPs from across the party, not just on the left – are sticking to their position because we understand that we are answerable to our constituents.

If the government doesn’t pull the bill, doesn’t consult properly with disabled people and come back to MPs with a serious proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people, I will vote against and I will be far from the only one.

I think MPs who were around in 2015 who followed…