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The National
10 hours ago
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See the full list of 108 Labour MP rebels on UK welfare and Pip cuts
Some 108 MPs' signatures appear on a reasoned amendment spelling out why they cannot support the Labour Government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would cut back disability benefit payments by around £5 billion per year. READ MORE: Cuts to PIP will plunge families further into poverty, research says 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 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." There are 29 Scottish Labour MPs who have not signed the amendment, including those in the more right-wing faction the "Labour Growth Group". These include Blair McDougall, Johanna Baxter, Gordon McKee, Zubir Ahmed, and Melanie Ward. 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:
The National
14 hours ago
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- The National
See the full list of Labour MPs rebelling on UK welfare and Pip cuts
Some 108 MPs' signatures appear on a reasoned amendment spelling out why they cannot support the Labour Government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would cut back disability benefit payments by around £5 billion per year. READ MORE: Cuts to PIP will plunge families further into poverty, research says 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:
