The major concessions have put the government in a “better situation” to pass welfare reforms, said the Health Secretary said that he admitted that the leadership of Labor misrepresen the rollout of its major bill.
Wes Streeting stated that Labor MPs had raised “adequate” concerns about planned welfare cuts, and the government resulted in strengthening its plans.
Last week, was Prime Minister Forced in a dramatic u-turn More than 120 labor backbenchers threatened to vote for their plans to avoid the defeat of the House of Commons.
“We are in a much better position this week than last week,” Streeting stated on Sunday of BBC with Laura Kunsberg, and promised that the government would “learn” from narrowly rescued rebellion.
Streeting stated that the government had shifted “not only the package but not only the package but also the approach” after criticism that the original proposals reduced the support for people with disabilities.
Last week, the government faced a growing rebellion from Labor MPs, which warned the planned welfare cuts, aimed at saving £ 5BN annually to £ 5BN, early and hurt weaker people.
With a view to bringing down the welfare bill, the initial schemes of the government would have made people difficult to claim personal freedom payment (PIP), which is the benefit given to 3.7 million people with long -term physical or mental health conditions.
Baikalash concluded the late night announcement of major concessions for rebellious MPs – including limiting PIP cuts only to new contenders.
This reversed its plans to freeze the component related to the health of universal credit, and the payment would now grow in line with inflation for existing recipients.
The government also announced plans to review PIP evaluation and “co-made” with disabled people headed by disabled minister Sir Stephen Tims.
One of the major rebel MPs, Lewis High told the BBC that it has now planned to support the bill after the changes of the government.
Speaking at the same program, Labor MP, High for Sheffield Heli said that his fellow rebel MP is “really happy that the government has now heard those concerns and he has given many important concessions”.
Subject to looking at the final details of the changes, he said: “I will support the government on Tuesday that they have made significant progress and have protected the income of about 400,000 disabled people across the country.”
The rebels have told the BBC that their allies are happy with the concessions – which means Universal loan and personal freedom payment bill One vote will not be blocked on Tuesday, although some labor MPs have said that they will still vote against the proposals.
The episode has raised questions about the Prime Minister’s political strategy and ability to manage internal dissatisfaction.
In the weekend, Sir Kire Stmper Gave an interview with Sunday Times To defend his handling of the row, he was attending the NATO conference during the height of the rebellion.
On Sunday, Streeting defended the government’s intentions, stating that improvement was necessary to ensure long -term stability of the welfare system.
“No one will thank us if we move forward with the status quo,” he said.
“As long as you do not improve this system, I really fear that it will not be for anyone in the future.”
Streeting did not reject the future changes of Kalyan after Timms review.
Asked if there could be more concessions on personal freedom payment, he said “we have got to hear”.
After his comment, Sir Kir claimed that the welfare system “fine” is a “moral imperative”.
The Prime Minister on Saturday told the Welsh Labor Party Conference in Landudno that the government will not remove the welfare “security trap that trusts the weak”.
But he said that he cannot give benefits “Be a snail for those who want to work”.
