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By the end of this decade, around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty
The British Prime Minister dropped the most important elements of the package from cuts to disability advantages last week to try to defuse a emerging rebellion from Labor MP.
By 2030, these original proposals had pushed 250,000 people into poverty, as the Department of Labor and Pensions show.
The revised measures that the MPs will vote on Tuesday will continue to drive 150,000 people into poverty, as the new government’s estimates published on Monday showed.
However, the modeling did not contain any “potential positive effects” of additional funds and measures to support people with disabilities and long -term health conditions at work.
Liz Kendall, working and pension secretary, will be determined on Monday details of the government to rise Welfare reformthat cost the state treasury 3 billion pounds.
The main concession of Starrer was that the stricter rules for the request of personal independence payments (PIP) only apply to new applicants and not for those who already receive performance.
He also agreed to further improve the work -related component of the universal loan in accordance with inflation for existing applicants.
The talks between whip and Labor MPs are still ongoing, so that the door remains open to potential concessions before the vote on Tuesday.
When asked whether the package would give further changes, Downing Street said: “The government is still closely involved with colleagues before the vote.”
Kendall will give an explanation to the House of Commons on Monday afternoon on Monday afternoon.
Minister still expect it See the largest rebellion by Starer Premiership, who, the 16, who voted against the whip during the passage of the planning and infrastructure law at the beginning of this month.
According to Philip Cowley, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University, Tony Blair’s biggest uprising in his first year included 47 Backbenchers.
Kendall’s explanation, together with a written statement by Sir Stephen Timms, Minister of Disability, is determined by the reference conditions for a comprehensive review of PIP.
The Baroness Jacqui Smith, Skills Minister, was sent out on Monday to defend the administration of the planned reforms.
“What I think is important is that we will start tomorrow is (a) a really important reform of a broken welfare system,” said Smith of the BBC.
“Social reform is always difficult and I think actually the commitment that happened with Labor MPs who rightly bring the concerns of their voters about how this reform will work better.”
Some MPs welcomed Starger’s concessions, but critics say that they risk having a two -stage welfare system that could lose people who are hindered after the effect of reforms.
The Downing Street asked whether a two -stage performance system was legal for new and existing applicants, that it was “completely confident that it would be legal”.
One spokesman said: “It is not unusual that systems work on different levels.”
The prime minister has argued that the reforms are of essential importance to stop the social budget, but the changes will reduce the savings of the government of almost 5 billion GBP to around 2 billion GBP by 2.5 billion GBP.
In combination with a former chancellor of the winter fuel number for pensioners, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has a hole in her budget of almost 4 billion GBP.
The Ministry of Finance said that the hole is not occupied by “constant” borrowings and will determine how it is financed in the autumn budget, which causes the critics to warn reeves that have to increase taxes.
It is not possible to change the actual text of the Welfare Act. Therefore, the MPs are asked to make the ministerial declaration as a promise that changes will be issued later.
