Speaking to broadcasters, Sir Keir said: “We need to get it right that’s why we’ve been talking to colleagues and having a constructive discussion.<\/p>\n
“We’ve now arrived at a package that delivers on the principles with some adjustments and that’s the right reform and I’m really pleased now that we’re able to take this forward.”<\/p>\n
As part of its climbdown, the government has reversed its plans to freeze the health-related component of universal credit. The payment will now rise in line with inflation for existing recipients. <\/p>\n
Ministers will also carry out a review of the Pip assessment process, with input from disabled organisations.<\/p>\n
The government originally hoped to save \u00a35bn a year by 2030 with its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, aiming to slow the rise in claimants.<\/p>\n
Working-age health-related benefits are estimated to cost an extra \u00a330bn by 2029 without reforms.<\/p>\n
But the government faced growing discontent from around 120 of its own MPs over the changes. <\/p>\n
While the rebels told the BBC their colleagues are happy with the concessions, some Labour MPs have said they will still vote against the proposals. <\/p>\n
The size of that rebellion is not yet clear, although it is thought some 50 Labour MPs could still vote against the bill, and there would be several abstentions.<\/p>\n
It would take 83 Labour backbenchers – along with the other opposition parties – to defeat the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to broadcasters, Sir Keir said: “We need to get it right that’s why we’ve been talking to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-218969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114756110555751528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}