Labour lawmakers will only apply the changes to new claimants amid increasing criticism, forcing concessions on disability reform.
The British government supported a controversial plan to cut down the benefits of obstacles and illness after a major rebellion by lawmakers and hit Prime Minister Kiel Starmer’s authority.
Friday’s climb was the third U-turn forced within a month, leading to questions about his political insight and the direction of the ruling Labour Party.
A few days after Grace claimed to proceed with reform, the government confirmed that concessions had been made to the 126 rebel MPs who threatened to be taken away from the proposed changes.
The Turnaround is just before marking the first anniversary of what was opposed to conservatives’ reverting to rocky power 14 years later for labor.
A spokesman for No. 10 said the government has “hears MPs who support the principles of reform, but is concerned about the pace of change for those who are already supported by the system.”
The cause of the friction is a bill that strengthens eligibility for major disability benefits, removing independent payments for individuals from hundreds of thousands of people with long-term physical or mental health conditions. Other health-related benefits received by low-income people will also be reduced under the plan.
The government said the proposed changes will help people find work while maintaining a safety net for those who cannot work. It also saves £5 billion ($6.8 billion) a year from the welfare bill, which has been rising since the Covid-19 pandemic.
But while many Labour Councillors have been following change, the Finance Institute think tank will cut revenues by 3.2 million by 2030.
Friday’s backtrack means that Universal Credit and Independent Payments (PIP) bills, including welfare reform, are likely to do so through next week’s Congressional vote.
The concessions, scheduled to be set for Congress later Friday, include a “stumbling approach” to reform, Minister of Care Stephen Kinnock said.
This means that the proposed narrower eligibility criteria apply only to new claimants, not to those who have already received the benefits.
Policy U-turn
He has been bumpy for Starme in 12 months, during which Prime Minister Rachel Reeves has struggled to generate growth from the slowdown in Britain.
On June 9, the government announced it had reversed its policy of disposing winter heating benefits for millions of pensioners following widespread criticism, including its own lawmakers.
Less than a week later, Priority released a national survey focusing on the historic British child sexual exploitation scandal that was attracting attention from American billionaire Elon Musk.
Priorities previously resisted a call for investigation into so-called “grooming gangs,” who saw young girls who had been raped by a group of men, in support of a series of local probes.
The Prime Minister has a majority of 165 lawmakers. In other words, he should be able to force any law he wishes through Congress.
But many of his own lawmakers complain about the disconnection between him and Starme’s leadership. It focuses on the rise of the far-right reform British party and the struggle against the traditional central left principles of workers.
“Labor is meant to represent fairness, and all the mistakes on these two flagships are unfair,” said Stephen Fielding, a political scientist and professor at the University of Nottingham.
He added that the hole also covers workers’ employment rights deadlines and investments in housing and green industries.
A YouGov poll of over 10,000 British people released this week found that while Labour lost voters to the left, the Liberal Democrats and Green supporters on the left were also confiscating.
“They’ve made so many unforced errors,” Fielding said.
“I think there’s a very passive readjustment of things now.”
