There have been reports that up to 80 MPs are considering rebelling, which could be enough to eat into Labour’s sizeable Commons majority if other parties oppose the measure.
And despite the scale of the potential backlash, many Labour MPs support the measures, with more than 30 having signed a letter labelling the decision a “truly progressive endeavour”.
“That’s unsustainable, it’s indefensible, and it is unfair; people feel that in their bones,” he said.
Many Labour MPs are making their opposition to the plans known.
The MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood posted a video on Facebook in which she said: “I will not support anything which takes money out of the pockets of disabled people.
Ian Byrne
The MP for Liverpool West Derby posted on X: “I represent some of the poorest wards in the country. I went into politics to fight on their behalf, not to impose more cuts on them.
The MP for Poole posted on X: “We should be asking the wealthiest to pay their share – not targeting the poorest. I will vote against this proposal.”
Cat Eccles
Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and ‘Mother of the House’, is among those who have criticised the Government’s plans (Photo: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)
Veteran Labour MP and former shadow cabinet minister Diane Abbott posted on X last month: “I will be voting against these welfare cuts”.
“I and a lot of other people are very worried about the burden of the cuts in order to spend more money on defence and so on, that it should fall on welfare, and in particular that it should fall on the disabled,” the “Mother of the House” told The Daily Telegraph.
Chris Hinchcliff
The MP for Scarborough and Whitby posted on Facebook: “I am very worried that families who are on the edge will be pushed over it. I have advised Ms Kendall that as it currently stands I am unable to support these proposals.”
Imran Hussain
Kim Johnson, the MP for Liverpool Riverside, has frequently criticised the Government for not scrapping the two-child benefit cap and has also spoken out against the planned cuts.
Mary Kelly Foy
The MP for the City of Durham posted on X that she was “horrified by statistics circulating about how the Government’s changes to the social security system will impact disabled people and children”.
square IMMIGRATION Big ReadWhy a human rights row is looming for Labour over Brexit 2.0
Read More
The MP for Blyth and Ashington posted on X: “Since being elected, I have never once voted to make my constituents poorer. Last year, when the government removed the Winter Fuel Allowance from pensioners, I opposed the move and abstained, breaking the whip. With hindsight, I should have gone further and voted against it.
Brian Leishman
The MP for Alloa and Grangemouth posted on X: “Thanks to my constituents that have emailed me and to those that have spoke to me in person about the rumoured cuts to welfare. If it goes to a vote, then I will be voting against more austerity.”
Clive Lewis
In a statement sent to a demonstration in Norwich against the cuts, the MP for Norwich South said: “I say this to the Chancellor: we do not accept anyone’s austerity. We do not accept the targeting of disabled people to pay for an economic crisis they did not cause. And we will not sit quietly while the basic right to live with dignity is eroded for the sake of arbitrary fiscal rules designed to protect the interests of the wealthy.”
Labour MP Clive Lewis (UK: Parliament)In a later statement posted on her website, she said: “I will not accept or vote for measures that will put people at risk or push deeper into poverty.”
Andy McDonald
The MP for Stockport posted on his website: “While I recognise that the Labour Government must rebalance the British economy after too many years of Conservative chaos and mismanagement, the reforms to the welfare system as currently proposed do not have my support.”
Grahame Morris
Connor Naismith, the MP for Crewe and Nantwich, is a new-intake MP who has spoken out against the planned welfare cuts.
He later confirmed on X that he would not vote for the reforms.
Simon Opher
The MP for Wrexham has said he “cannot support” the cahnges to PIP in their current form.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
The MP for Normanton and Hemsworth posted on X: “I will not be voting for cuts to poorest people on welfare benefits. The Chancellor has other options. Picking on disabled people is not the right thing to do.”
Chris Webb
Nadia Whittome
The MP for Nottingham East posted on X: “I have written to the government to express my deep concerns about the proposed changes to disability benefits, and to ask a number of questions. I will vote against these cuts.”
Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree
Marsha de Cordova, Battersea
Barry Gardiner, Brent West
Peter Lamb, Crawley
Kate Osamor, Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Polly Billington, East Thanet
Yasmin Quershi, Bolton South West Steve Witherden, Montgomeryshire and Gly
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( All the Labour MPs who say they will rebel against disability benefits cuts )
Also on site :