Tuesday saw more Labour rebels sign the amendment which aims to kill the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
The total number of signatories is now 134, which includes:
- 127 Labour MPs (including two suspended)
- 5 DUP MPs
- 2 independent MPs
There’s a full alphabetical list at the end of this article.
It’s also been suggested that one Labour MP has removed their name from the amendment as whips and ministers pile pressure on rebels to get back into line, though we haven’t identified which MP this might be. Update: one name missing from the latest list is Samantha Niblett, the Labour MP for South Derbyshire.
Tory offer to support the bill
Kemi Badenoch offered to give Tory support to the beleaguered bill, but with three conditions:
- Reduce the cost of welfare more than this bill does
- Get more people into work
- Guarantee no new tax rises in the Autumn
Labour rejected the offer in what appeared to be an ugly and unprincipled episode of bartering with the lives of disabled claimants.
London mayor backs rebels
London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has called on the government to drop the bill until a proper system of support has been put in place, arguing:
“I have always said that more must be done to support people to go from relying on benefits to getting back into work. It’s vital for a healthy and prosperous London. What we can’t do is take away the vital safety net that so many vulnerable and disabled Londoners rely upon.”
Starmer unmoving
Keir Starmer is refusing to give ground to the Labour rebels. He told reporters yesterday “We’re pressing on with a vote on this because we need to bring about reform.”
Elsewhere, there are rumours he is considering postponing next Tuesday's vote in order to gain time to win rebels round.
Timms to face work and pensions committee
Stephen Timms, the DWP disability minister currently working on rewriting the PIP eligibility criteria, is to face questioning by the commons work and pensions committee from 9.43am today. You can watch him on parliament tv
Full alphabetical list of the MPs who have signed the amendment
Abbott, Ms Diane
Abrahams, Debbie
Al-Hassan, Sadik
Ali, Tahir
Allin-Khan, Dr Rosena
Arthur, Dr Scott
Baker, Richard
Bance, Antonia
Barker, Paula
Barron, Lee
Beales, Danny
Beavers, Lorraine
Begum, Apsana
Betts, Mr Clive
Billington, Ms Polly
Bishop, Matt
Blake, Olivia
Brash, Mr Jonathan
Burgon, Richard
Burke, Maureen
Butler, Dawn
Byrne, Ian
Cadbury, Ruth
Campbell, Mr Gregory (DUP)
Coleman, Ben
Collinge, Lizzi
Cooper, Andrew
Cooper, Dr Beccy
Craft, Jen
Creasy, Ms Stella
Davies, Paul
De Cordova, Marsha
Dean, Josh
Dhesi, Mr Tanmanjeet Singh
Dixon, Anna
Duffield, Rosie (Independent)
Duncan-Jordan, Neil
Easton, Alex (Independent NI)
Eastwood, Colum
Eastwood, Sorcha
Eccles, Cat
Edwards, Lauren
Efford, Clive
Ellis, Maya
Entwistle, Kirith
Eshalomi, Florence
Evans, Chris
Fenton-Glynn, Josh
Ferguson, Patricia
Foster, Mr Paul
Foxcroft, Vicky
Francis, Daniel
Furniss, Gill
Gardner, Dr Allison
Gilbert, Tracy
Gwynne, Andrew (Labour suspended)
Hack, Amanda
Haigh, Louise
Hall, Sarah
Hamilton, Fabian
Hamilton, Paulette
Hanna, Claire
Hayes, Helen
Hillier, Dame Meg
Hinchliff, Chris
Hume, Alison
Hurley, Patrick
Hussain, Imran
Jermy, Terry
Jogee, Adam
Johnson, Kim
Jones, Lillian
Jones, Ruth
Kelly Foy, Mary
Khan, Afzal
Lamb, Peter
Lavery, Ian
Leishman, Brian
Lewell, Emma
Lewis, Clive
Lockhart, Carla (DUP)
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Maskell, Rachael
McDonald, Andy
McDonnell, John (Labour suspended)
McKenna, Kevin
Midgley, Anneliese
Mishra, Navendu
Mohamed, Abtisam
Morris, Grahame
Mullane, Margaret
Myer, Luke
Naish, James
Naismith, Connor
Newbury, Josh
Nichols, Charlotte
Onn, Melanie
Opher, Dr Simon
Osamor, Kate
Osborne, Kate
Owen, Sarah
Paffey, Darren
Pitcher, Lee
Platt, Jo
Quigley, Mr Richard
Qureshi, Yasmin
Ranger, Andrew
Rhodes, Martin
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Riddell-Carpenter, Jenny
Rimmer, Ms Marie
Robertson, Dave
Robinson, Gavin (DUP)
Rushworth, Sam
Shah, Naz
Shannon, Jim (DUP)
Smith, Cat
Sobel, Alex
Stainbank, Euan
Stewart, Elaine
Sullivan, Kirsteen
Swann, Robin
Trickett, Jon
Tufnell, Henry
Turner, Laurence
Vaughan, Tony
Webb, Chris
Western, Matt
Whittome, Nadia
Williams, David
Wilson, Sammy (DUP)
Witherden, Steve
Yang, Yuan
Yasin, Mohammad
