UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit
Decision on personal independence payments comes ahead of government paper setting out wider reforms on Tuesday
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Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.BBC News - 21h -
Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?
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Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
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Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs
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