Welfare bill: what compromises have been made and how will claimants be affected?

More than 120 Labour MPs were planning to defeat the bill by voting against it before last-minute concessionsUK politics live – latest updatesIt is less than a year since Keir Starmer led the Labour party to a historic landslide election victory.And yet even with a Commons majority of 165, the prime minister looked to be heading for defeat on his government’s welfare bill which includes a major package of cuts to social security payments. That was until a last-minute compromise with his backbenchers, reached after fraught negotiations on Wednesday night and Thursday before the bill is voted on next Tuesday. Continue reading...Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei TheGuardian Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei TheGuardian