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    Home - UK News - Starmer survives rebellion as welfare cuts pass key vote
    UK News Updated:July 2, 2025

    Starmer survives rebellion as welfare cuts pass key vote

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    Starmer survives rebellion as welfare cuts pass key vote

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    • Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare bill, despite facing a significant rebellion from 49 Labour MPs, passed its first hurdle in the Commons with a majority of 75 votes.
    • Key concessions, including no changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) eligibility until a review in 2026, were made to address concerns from dissenting MPs regarding the impact on disabled and sick individuals.
    • The bill predominantly entails a cut to Universal Credit sickness benefits for new claimants, from £97 a week to £50 starting in 2026/27, alongside a £300 million boost for the Universal Credit health top-up.

    Starmer survives rebellion as welfare cuts pass key vote 

    Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial welfare bill has passed its first hurdle in the Commons despite a sizeable rebellion from his MPs.

    The prime minister’s watered-down Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill was backed by a majority of 75 on Tuesday evening.

    A total of 49 Labour MPs voted against the bill – the largest rebellion since 47 MPs voted against Tony Blair’s Lone Parent benefit in 1997, according to Professor Phil Cowley from Queen Mary University.

    Just 90 minutes before voting started on Tuesday evening,g disabilities minister Stephen Timms announced the last of a series of concessions made as dozens of Labour MPs spoke of their fears for disabled and sick people if the bill was made law.

    Labour MPs launch major rebellion to block government’s welfare cuts
    Many protested the planned cuts

    In a major U-turn, he said changes in eligibility for the personal independence payment (PIP), the main disability payment to help pay for extra costs incurred, would not take place until a review he is carrying out into the benefit is published in autumn 2026.

    An amendment brought by Labour MP Rachael Maskell, which aimed to prevent the bill progressing to the next stage, was defeated but 44 Labour MPs voted for it.

    A Number 10 source told Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby: “Change isn’t easy, we’ve always known that, we’re determined to deliver on the mandate the country gave us, to make Britain work for hardworking people.

    “We accept the will of the house, and want to take colleagues with us, our destination – a social security system that supports the most vulnerable, and enables people to thrive – remains.”

    Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall yesterday made more concessions in the hope the rebels’ fears would be allayed, but many were concerned the PIP eligibility was going to be changed at the same time the review was published, meaning its findings would not be taken into account.

    Her changes were:

    • Current PIP claimants, and any up to November 2026, would have the same eligibility criteria as they do now instead of the stricter measure proposed

    • A consultation into PIP to be “co-produced” with disabled people and published in autumn 2026

    • For existing and future Universal Credit (UC) claimants, the combined value of the standard UC allowance and the health top-up will rise “at least in line with inflation” every year for the rest of this parliament

    • The UC health top-up, for people with limited ability to work due to a disability or long-term sickness, will get a £300m boost next year – doubling the current amount – then rising to £800m the year after and £1bn in 2028/29.

    After all the concessions, many MPs questioned what they were voting for as the bill had been severely stripped down.

    They ended up voting for just one part of the plan: a cut to Universal Credit sickness benefits for new claimants from £97 a week to £50 from 2026/7.

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