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Starmer survives rebellion as welfare cuts pass key vote
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer won a key parliamentary vote on July 1, 2025, to pass a heavily amended welfare bill in the UK House of Commons.
- The bill faced rebellion within the Labour Party due to controversial disability benefit cuts, prompting last-minute concessions and a government climbdown.
- Concessions included shelving planned cuts to Personal Independence Payments for current recipients pending a review by Disabilities Minister Stephen Timms, delaying eligibility changes until autumn 2026.
- The welfare bill passed second reading by 335 to 260 votes but was described as "gutted" and a "victory in name only" amid claims it left a multibillion-pound shortfall and created a two-tier system.
- The vote avoided a full-scale Labour rebellion but highlighted deep party divisions and drew criticism that disabled people were subjected to a "cruel Westminster political game," raising questions about Starmer's authority.
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UK government waters down welfare cuts to dodge Labour rebellion, pass key vote
LONDON, July 2 — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer avoided a humiliating parliamentary defeat on key welfare reforms Tuesday, after making last-minute concessions in the face of the most serious internal rebellion of his year-long premiership. Starmer had already staged an authority-sapping climbdown last week on controversial plans to slash disability and sickness benefits, following a major revolt from Labour MPs who argued the proposals went too…
At the last minute, central passages flew out of the law: Britain's prime minister brings savings in social spending through parliament. However, opposition to his plans was massive.
Welfare bill passes crunch vote after dramatic PIP U-turn - what you need to know - The Mirror
Plans to restrict eligibility for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) were shelved at the eleventh hour to see off a Labour rebellion - gutting the Government's welfare reforms
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