Welfare reforms to PIP disability benefit trigger intense row within Labour
- Sir Keir Starmer is facing backlash over welfare cuts affecting 600,000 disabled individuals, risking their financial stability as reported by multiple sources.
- Plans to tighten eligibility for Personal Independence Payments could lead to losses of £675 monthly for many, with cuts expected to save the government up to £5 billion.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting defended the changes, stating they aim to encourage contributions to society while ensuring that the most vulnerable are not harmed.
- Disability rights groups, including the Resolution Foundation, warn that the changes will disproportionately impact the poorest, stating that many may lose £675 a month on average.
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The tribes battling it out in Keir Starmer's Labour Party
After winning a landslide election victory last summer, Keir Starmer will be hoping his years in power aren't marred by the infighting and factionalism that dogged the final years of Conservative rule.Yet arriving in Downing Street as he has with swathes of ambitious MPs, both new and party veterans, means it will be a challenge to keep them all happy.The Labour Party has a history "crammed with bitter bust-ups", said the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg,…
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