Welfare vote will go ahead despite rebels

SIR Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have insisted he will have a showdown with Labour rebels over the welfare reforms that have split the party.

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The Prime Minister said the Commons vote would go ahead on Tuesday as planned, despite 120 Labour MPs publicly backing a move to block the legislation.

Insisting the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill would not be pulled in the face of the mounting rebellion, Sir Keir told LBC: “There'll be a vote on Tuesday, we're going to make sure we reform the welfare system.”

Deputy Prime Minister Ms Rayner told MPs: “We will go ahead on Tuesday.”

The legislation plans to restrict eligibility for the personal independence payment (PIP) and limit the sickness-related element of universal credit.