STARMER CONFIRMS CONCESSIONS TO LABOUR WELFARE OPPOSITION-Says conversations over changes will ‘continue in coming days’

Keir Starmer has confirmed that Downing Street is offering concessions to the opposing Labour MPs to get his welfare bill over the line.

The Prime minister told the Commons he wanted “values of fairness” to underpin the legislation so the government could “get this right” on fixing the broken benefits system.

Starmer, who deployed his chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeny to appease the Labour opposition, stated that the conversation over changes will continue in the coming days, leading up to the vote on Tuesday.

The welfare reform bill is due to be voted on during its second reading in the Commons next week, on Tuesday, 1 July and over 120 have signed a “reasoned amendment” to oppose the government’s proposals.  The MPs in the amendment have called for a delay to assess the impact of cuts to personal independence payments.  

They also cite the government’s own figures showing that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, could be pushed into poverty as a result.