Plan to freeze PIP disability benefits may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea, with the government expected to make billions in welfare cuts.
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Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs
Some are worried about the possibility of freezing payments for people with long-term conditions.BBC News - 3d -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
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The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.BBC News - 1d -
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Rachel Reeves insists changes to welfare needed
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'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits
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Starmer says benefit system unfair and indefensible
Some Labour MPs urge ministers to tackle the "crisis of economic inactivity", while others oppose cuts.BBC News - 4d
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