More Labour MPs join benefit revolt despite ministers’ appeals
By: | Published: 2025-06-25 08:00:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
A growing number of Labour MPs are supporting a bid to block the government’s planned welfare changes, despite ministers phoning backbenchers to persuade them to back down.
More than 130 MPs, including 122 Labour MPs, have signed an amendment that would give them the opportunity to vote on a proposal to reject plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits payments to save £5bn a year by 2030.
Cabinet ministers are reported to be among those ringing round Labour MPs, calling on them to remove their names from the amendment. Only one Labour MP, Samantha Niblett, has removed her name from the list so far.
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “press ahead” with the welfare changes.
Those who signed the amendment opposing the government’s welfare reforms include MPs from the 2024 intake, as…
