See the full list of Labour MPs rebelling on UK welfare and Pip cuts
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If passed – which it could do with support from Westminster's opposition parties – the amendment would block the bill from progressing to its second reading when it returns to the Commons on July 1.
The amendment says that the proposed reforms amount to 'dangerous and counterproductive cuts', and further notes that the UK Government's 'own impact assessment estimates that 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of [the bill], including 50,000 children'.
Of the 108 Labour MPs who have signed the amendment, nine are from Scottish Labour. They are:
Patricia Ferguson
Tracy Gilbert
Scott Arthur
Kirsteen Sullivan
Richard Baker
Euan Stainbank
Lilian Jones
Elaine Stewart
Brian Leishman
Scottish Labour's nominal leader Anas Sarwar has supported the UK Government's plans to cut welfare.
Leishman, the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, urged his colleagues to oppose the cuts.
He told The Record: "Labour MPs have a choice to make. Do they believe that the most vulnerable people should be looked after, or not? That's what the vote on these welfare reforms ultimately boils down to. This vote will define careers and this Labour Government."
Labour committee chairs oppose the UK welfare reforms
Ferguson, the MP for Glasgow West, is also chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.
A further nine Labour select committee chairs have also signed the reasoned amendment, underlining the scale of the challenge facing the UK Government. These are:
Tan Dhesi
Helen Hayes
Florence Eshalomi
Ruth Cadbury
Meg Hillier
Ruth Jones
Sarah Owen
Debbie Abrahams
Cat Smith
Other senior Labour MPs to have signed the amendment include former transport secretary Louise Haigh.
The Times reported that although the list does not include current ministers, as many as a dozen are said to be privately opposing the welfare reforms.
All the Labour MPs opposing the UK welfare reforms
Here is a full list of all the MPs to have signed the reasoned amendment against the UK Government's welfare changes:
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