
No10 'shocked' by scale of Labour fury at plans for £5bn benefits cut and 'adding safeguards for disabled' as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid civil war while balancing books
Daily MailSpooked ministers are looking at adding safeguards for the most disabled to a plan to cut the amount paid to those too ill to work. No10 has been 'shocked' by the scale of Labour opposition to the proposal to cut disability benefits to save £5bn and get hundreds of thousands of people who can work into jobs. Sir Keir Starmer yesterday made a personal plea for Labour MPs to back him on benefits cuts as he recalled how his late mother and brother dealt with disabilities. Later in today's session of PMQs, Sir Keir was told by Labour backbencher Richard Burgon to make the 'moral' choice and introduce a wealth tax. Sir Keir replied: 'The party opposite left a broken welfare system, which locks millions out of work, that is indefensible, in my view, economically and morally.
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Idleness is rotting Britain. The welfare budget costs £3,000 BILLION. That's why it's our moral duty to slash benefits: QUENTIN LETTS
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Starmer braces for 'absolute horror' Labour benefits meltdown: Manchester mayor warns cuts to spiralling bill will 'trap people in poverty' - despite PM already watering down plans being unveiled tomo
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Labour Vows Support for Most Vulnerable Amid Welfare Cuts Debate
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Labour's benefits crackdown 'set to cut disability payments for 1million people' - as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face backlash from own MPs
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Defiant Keir Starmer defends billions in benefits cuts as backlash from his own MPs grows
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Starmer insists there is a 'moral case' for cutting disabled benefits as he faces mounting rebellion from Labour backbenchers over plan to save £5bn
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Benefit claims by people saying they are too ill to work rise 500,000 to 2.5million in a YEAR - but just 14% have medical evidence to prove it
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Frantic bid to quell Labour revolt on £5bn benefits cuts: Unions join backlash as MPs are called in for talks at No10 after announcement delayed
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Benefits cuts 'delayed to next week' as Labour MPs revolt over 'rerun of austerity' - despite Keir Starmer warning the system is 'indefensible'
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Government's £6billion benefits crackdown: Sick and disabled face huge cuts as Rachel Reeves scrambles to curb soaring welfare bill
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Billions in welfare cuts loom in UK
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DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans
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Does Labour think benefit claimants are ‘taking the mickey’?
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Ministers need to build on past Labour success in welfare savings
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Benefits of welfare outweigh the cost, Labour warned ahead of cuts
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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
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There’s one word for Starmer’s welfare reform when you’re disabled...
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Starmer declares Britain ‘simply isn’t working’ and unveils plan to slash benefits bill
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Labour is accused of putting off urgently needed reforms to cure sicknote Britain and get two million people into jobs
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Sick note Britain! Business chiefs urge Labour to end UK's worklessness crisis - as ministers set to unveil radical welfare reforms to get Brits back into work
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What lies behind Labour’s crackdown on welfare benefits?
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If people refuse to work they WILL lose their benefits, insists Labour as Starmer's vows to crack down on huge welfare bill is branded a 'hollow promise'
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Rachel Reeves to push forward with £3bn sickness benefits cut in Budget
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New benefits crackdown as disabled people may be offered vouchers instead of cash
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Welfare reforms are a cynical attack on disability benefits, charities say
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Number 10 rejects UN envoy criticisms of UK welfare spending
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Thousands of vulnerable disabled people face benefit cuts during pandemic
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Government cuts have caused 'human catastrophe' for disabled, UN committee says
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Election 2017: Coalition of 80 charities unite to pressure party leaders over disability benefit cuts
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Government fails to deliver £4bn savings after cutting disability benefit, new analysis shows
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Government welfare experts slam ministers for denying PIP disability benefits to 160,000 vulnerable people
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£3.7bn in cuts to disability benefits needed to help cut the deficit, says cabinet minister
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The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again
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Theresa May's Britain is a chilling place for disabled people like me
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Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says
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This Conservative government is failing its biggest moral test – how it treats its most vulnerable people
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Disability benefit cuts included in the Budget were just 'a suggestion', cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says
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The Government is justifying its disability benefit cuts with untested anecdotal evidence
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Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts
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These are all the MPs who voted to force through the ESA disability benefit cut
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It might only be £30 a week to you, but for me the ESA disability benefit cuts mean the end of independence
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Coalition of 60 national disability charities condemn Tory cuts to ESA
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ESA benefit cuts forced through by Tories on ‘black day for disabled people’
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Tories block plan to look at the impact of their disability benefit cuts
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Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale attacks 'cruel and unnecessary' SNP council cuts
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The Government may be about to scrap one of its harshest disability benefit cuts
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Peers block ministers from cutting ESA disability benefit by £30 a week
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Don't be fooled by the PR offensive - these disability cuts look set to be savage
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