British Prime Minister Keir Starmer waters down welfare cuts to quell Labour revolt

The British Prime Minister Kir Stmper has rapidly enhanced the planned welfare cuts by MPs at its governing labor party to reduce a harmful rebellion.

More than 100 labor MPs had publicly opposed the reforms of the Mr. Stormer, who demanded a faster -growing welfare bill to shave 5 billion pounds ($ 6.9 billion) per year. He had argued that the schemes failed to provide assistance to people with disabilities and people with long -term health conditions.

The next week, Parliament faced the possibility of a defeat – a year later he won a landslide majority in a national election. One year after winning a majority – the stormer’s office confirmed that the cut would be extended back.

“We have heard MPs (members of Parliament) who support the principle of reform, but are concerned about the pace of change for those supported by the system,” said a spokesman.

The reforms have been scheduled to vote in Parliament on 1 July.

In the letter to MPs, work and pension minister Liz Kendal said that only the new contenders would be subject to the planned tightening of eligibility for some profit payment.

The current recipients, some of whom faced to lose the benefits, will now become unaffected.

Kendal said, “Our reform principles remain; to target funding for needy people and make sure that the system is durable to support the future generations for the future.”

Labor legalist Meg Hilier, who headed by an influential parliamentary committee and led the efforts to water the bill, welcomed the government’s move as a “a good and working agreement”.

U turn

However, opponents slammed the changes in the form of another government U-turn after the cuts were reversed for winter fuel payment and decided to investigate the gangs that groomed the gangs.

Opposition Conservative Party’s work and pension policy head, Helen Whaily, said that the decision was derogatory, and represented an omission opportunity to cut the welfare bill.

“Stamor challenged – left taxpayers to take the bill,” he said in a post on X.

The government has argued that it is necessary to cut the balloon welfare budget to sideline public finance and to make more people use.

The government did not set the cost of change in policy. Care Minister Stephen Kinnok said that the details will come in the next budget, which is going to be in the autumn.

Annual expenditure on disability and disability benefits already exceeds the UK’s defense budget and according to official forecasts, now top than 65 billion pounds, at 100 billion pounds by 2030.

But the plan to cut payment to some weakest people in the society has proved to be particularly painful for MPs at the Center-Left Left Labor Party, which has established the state-run National Health Service and traditionally sees itself as the protector of the welfare state of the country built after two World War two.

Despite the hijacks of the stormer, a labor legalist, Peter Lamb, said that if necessary he would “alone” vote for the bill.

“For me, it is inadequate when better options are repeatedly put forward and ignored,” Lamb said on X.