Work and Pension Secretary Liz Kendal has repeatedly faced questions from Labor MPs on the rollout of change in profit system, as the government tries to define a backbenth rebellion.

Last week as part of a U-turn, government Said Strict eligibility criteria for obtaining personal freedom payment (PIP) will apply to those claiming after November 2026 instead of existing contenders.

It promised a review in the evaluation process in partnership with disability organizations due to the completion of autumn 2026.

But several labor backbenners questioned the justification for changing the qualifying criteria before the review ended.

Kendal said no recommendation from the review – under the leadership of Disability Minister Sir Stephen Tims – “as soon as possible” will be implemented.

He said that the review of Timms “will not be motivated by the purpose of saving” adding: “It is about to ensure that it is actually the important advantage appropriate and fit for the future.”

PIP assessment includes questions about food preparing and eating, washing and wearing clothes. Each is scored from zero – without any difficulty, from 12 – for the most serious.

Under the proposed system of the government, new contenders will have to score at least four points for an activity to qualify for the benefit, rather than qualifying for support in a wide range of tasks.

Debbie Abraham, chairman of the work and pension committee, said: “If it is actually being co-built with people with disabilities in its organizations, the review should determine both new process, new points and new details, and we should not set it predetermined at four points.”

Dame Meg Hillier – Chairman of the Treasury Committee – asked Kendal to “argue to settle at those four points in a category before Tims Review”.

Another Labor MP, Sara Owens asked: “What is the logic to change future contenders before constructing a Tims review?”

The government was forced to climb after over 120 labor MPs, including Dame Meg and Abraham – threatened to block the universal credit and personal freedom payment bill.

The ministers had hoped that the concessions made last week had assured the MPs, although around 50 labor MPs still expect to oppose the bill.

Speaking in Parliament, Kendal said that he “heard carefully” and “was making positive changes as results”.

He said that as a result of the change in the bill, any existing contender would be pushed into poverty.

He also defended the need to explain the MPs that the government had inherited a system that was “failing on all fronts”.

“The welfare state must be fair, both for those who need support and for taxpayers, so it is durable for generations to come.”

The government initially estimated that its plans would save £ 5BN by 2030 from the growing welfare bill. During the statement, Kendall confirmed that the cost of the government’s concessions would be £ 2.5BN by 2030.

Conservative Shadow Work and Pension Secretary Helen said the government produced a “crowd and chaotic agreement”, which would save £ 2.5bn from the £ 100BN bill.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch later confirmed that his party would vote against the bill, arguing that it is not “serious welfare improvement”.

Liberal Democrat spokesman Steve Darling said that the law was participated and warned that it would “unexpected results”.

Some MPs expressed concern that a “two-level” system would be formed if the government has banned eligibility for new contenders.

Kendall defended the move, stating that the profit system “often protects the existing contenders from new rates or new rules, as life has been created around that support, and it is often very difficult to accommodate people”.

Earlier in the day, the government had estimated new modeling that around 150,000 people would be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of welfare cuts – less than the estimated 250,000 before the government’s U -turn.

A Downing Street spokesman stated that the modeling “did not reflect the entire photo” and “subject to uncertainty”.