Labour welfare cuts 'Dickensian' and 'from another era', says rebel MP ahead of vote

Labour welfare cuts 'Dickensian' and 'from another era', says rebel MP ahead of vote

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have signed a fresh amendment calling for welfare cuts to be stopped when the proposals are put to a vote today.

MPs’ anger spreads over Government’s Cuts & Ineptitude

“These Dickensian cuts belong to a different era.” Rachael Maskell Ben Hayes, Labour Outlook, takes an in-depth look at Parliamentary opposition to the Government’s benefit cuts After what was at times a surreal day in the House of Commons, the government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill passed its Second Reading- although it did so under a cloud of anger, confusion and chaos. In what was the biggest backbench rebellion t…

Welfare Bill Latest: Strammer Cuts 'Debut in front of our eyes', rebel MP says

The minister warned that the ‘financial results’ of Kalyan U-turn will be The Independent political correspondent Archie Michel Report: One ... Read more The post Welfare Bill Latest: Strammer Cuts ‘Debut in front of our eyes’, rebel MP says appeared first on The Local Report.

Labour Government votes for disability cuts! - Workers Revolutionary Party

THE WELFARE Bill, slashing benefits from the disabled and mentally ill, was passed by 335 votes to 260 in the House of Commons yesterday evening, with 44 Labour MPs voting against the government. The first vote was on the Rachel Maskell (York Central) ‘reasoned amendment’ to trash the bill, which was backed by 138 disability […]