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
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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

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Spooked 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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