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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “press ahead” with the government’s planned welfare changes, despite a growing rebellion from Labour backbench MPs.<\/p>\n

More than 120 Labour MPs have signed up to an effort to block plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits<\/a> payments to save \u00a35bn a year by 2030.<\/p>\n

The threatened rebellion is enough to wipe out the government’s working majority in Parliament. <\/p>\n

But speaking ahead of a meeting of Nato leaders, the prime minister said the current welfare system was “unsustainable” and could not be left unreformed.<\/p>\n

Asked by journalists if he would consider pausing the reforms given the size of the rebellion, Sir Keir said: “I intend to press ahead. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We were elected in to change what is broken in our country,” he added.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir said the current welfare system “traps people” on benefits, and was set to fuel “unsustainable” rises in the cost to taxpayers.<\/p>\n

He added that the projected increase in the number claiming Personal Independence Payments (Pips) each year was “the equivalent of the population of a city the size of Leicester”. <\/p>\n

“So those that care about a future welfare system have to answer the question: ‘how do you reform what you’ve got to make sure it’s sustainable for the future?”<\/p>\n

Asked if he would be happy to rely on Conservative votes to push the reforms through Parliament, he said: “I have no idea what the Conservatives will do. I don’t think they’ve got the first idea what they’re doing.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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