With all the Trump stuff, I've not really been following domestic politics. But it seems Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know the detail of the disability benefit cuts, but I thought it was accepted pretty much everywhere that it had got out of control. I am a bit surprised at the strength of the push back.
Ssssssshhhhhh, don't mention Reform.
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With all the Trump stuff, I've not really been following domestic politics. But it seems Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know the detail of the disability benefit cuts, but I thought it was accepted pretty much everywhere that it had got out of control. I am a bit surprised at the strength of the push back.
No he doesn’t.
As long as he doesn't hide in a fridge or lie in a ditch (or lie anywhere), he'll be ok.
Versatile Sir Keir is doing a sterling job. No doubt he'll back peddle on the welfare reforms strategy to appease his fellow rebels.
Clever chap.
Correct. He's Prime minister. Doesn't get any better than that.
Eh up, it's a reform voter.
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I think they're quite right to cut those benefits. Now that I've got mine and they're very unlikely to take it off me....
It's about £7.2k a year ( in my case. Max would be about 2.5 more) That's from since before retirement age, for as long as I last. I wouldn't have got it started under the proposed changed scheme, and once you're retired it's much harder to get.
It's a stupidly set out benefit, a scatter gun at a vague target.
It's about £7.2k a year ( in my case. Max would be about 2.5 more) That's from since before retirement age, for as long as I last. I wouldn't have got it started under the proposed changed scheme, and once you're retired it's much harder to get.
It's a stupidly set out benefit, a scatter gun at a vague target.
The problem is the numbers claiming benefits, esp disability is going up significantly and this bill is meant to help slow the increase in the cost.
I think the big concern is the tightening of the PIP criteria meaning some people will lose vital benefits.
Reform has failed a basic test of political organisation in Warwickshire
If the councils the party runs are supposed to be a demonstration of what a future regime will entail, one can’t be optimistic
Reform has failed a basic test of political organisation in Warwickshire
If the councils the party runs are supposed to be a demonstration of what a future regime will entail, one can’t be optimistic
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Well most of them probably voted labour, I bet they wouldn't again.
Back he goes.He's pulled over, checked his mirrors, indicated…..
PM considers welfare cuts concessions in rebel MP talks
Keir Starmer has been personally calling some Labour MPs to win them over ahead of a vote next week.www.bbc.co.uk
Keir Starmer u-turns on benefits changes after Labour backlash
Cuts to some disability benefits will only hit future claimants, not those already on it.
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