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I remember walking through the voting lobby in 2015 to vote in favour of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

The government hopes the reduction of 100,000 people - down from 250,000 under the original plans - will be enough to persuade Labour MPs to vote for the revised welfare bill on Tuesday.

The government’s concessions would still leave thousands in distress. I can see a better way – and I urge No 10 to finally listen, says Labour MP Peter Lamb

MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on Tuesday (1 July).

I’m still waiting for sufficient reassurance that the plans match Labour’s manifesto promises to disabled people, says Marie Tidball, co-chair of the disability parliamentary Labour party

Government concessions fail to appease disabled people’s groups, concerned that disabled people in the future will be condemned to poverty “As a community we feel totally let down and these last-minute concessions do nothing to make up for that,” Andy Mitchell, a disability campaigner and a member of Unite Community, says. “My friends are scared. Some have spoken about suicide. This is worse than anything that happened under the Tories.” With the government offering major concessions to the welfare bill, ministers will be hoping critics have at last been appeased. But many campaigners have reacted with anger and concern over the changes. Continue reading...

Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon

Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm

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