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PIP cuts latest: almost one third of Labour MPs revolt; concessions to be made on Friday; vote still on for Tuesday

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There is no sign of the Labour revolt abating.  In fact, it is still growing and now stands at almost one third of all Labour MPs.

The total number of MPs who have signed the Labour rebels amendment is now 162.  However, with Greens, SNP, DUP and independent MPs also signing, the total no longer represents just Labour MPs.

There have been 6 Labour backbench signatories overnight, it has been reported.  We’ve spotted five of them:

  • Irene Campbell
  • Sarah Edwards
  • Mary Glindon
  • Toby Perkins
  • Gareth Snell

If anyone knows the sixth, please let us know and we’ll add them.

So we think the total is 129 Labour rebels (including 2 suspended), plus 33 from other parties.  [Correction:  thanks to Dee for spotting we had 4 NI politicians in our list.  We hope our numbers are correct now]

You can see the full list of MPs of all parties who have signed the amendment on the parliament website,  but we have our alphabetical list of Labour rebels at the bottom of this page.

Government dismissive of rebels

There appears to be little attempt so far by the government to build bridges with Labour’s rebels. 

Whips and ministers have allegedly threatened dire consequences, both for individual MPs and the government as a whole, unless the rebels back down.  But as a strategy that appears to have been less than successful, with one labour MP removing their name from the amendment and 25 adding theirs, since it was launched on Tuesday.

Keir Starmer probably didn’t help when he described the rebellion as “noises off”, whilst another member of government told The Times, “It’s so depressing to think Keir and Morgan did all that work to cleanse the party of this self-indulgent rubbish, only for it to erupt back.”

Concessions to be made on Friday

It is being widely reported in the media that ministers are working on concessions to the Labour rebels, which will be unveiled on Friday in the hopes of buying them off before Tuesday’s vote.

There is no indication of what the concessions might be and we are going to resist speculating about the possibilities.  Especially as it was being widely reported in the media yesterday that Tuesday’s vote would be postponed.

The only certainty at the moment appears to be that nothing is certain.

Protests to take place on Monday and Tuesday

There’s a  Stop Disability Benefit Cuts rally in Parliament Square on Monday 30 June at 4.30pm and protestors will also be gathering in Old Palace Yard from 1pm on Tuesday, 1 June to make their voices heard as the debate and vote takes place.

More details from DPAC.

Vote to be held on Tuesday . . . possibly

The leader of the House of Commons has confirmed that the second reading and vote on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill  will still go ahead on Tuesday 1 July as planned.

However, this absolutely doesn’t mean it definitely will happen.  If the concessions supposed to be made on Friday fail to sway the rebels, then the government may still decide to postpone the vote at the last minute.

Full alphabetical list Labour 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, Irene

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

Duncan-Jordan, Neil

Eccles, Cat

Edwards, Lauren

Edwards, Sarah

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

Glindon,  Mary

Gwynne,  Andrew Labour suspended

Hack, Amanda

Haigh, Louise

Hall, Sarah

Hamilton, Fabian

Hamilton, Paulette

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

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

Perkins, Toby

Pitcher, Lee

Platt, Jo

Quigley, Mr Richard

Qureshi, Yasmin

Ranger, Andrew

Rhodes, Martin

Ribeiro-Addy, Bell

Riddell-Carpenter, Jenny

Rimmer, Ms Marie

Robertson, Dave

Rushworth, Sam

Shah, Naz

Smith, Cat

Snell, Gareth

Sobel, Alex

Stainbank, Euan

Stewart, Elaine

Sullivan, Kirsteen

Trickett, Jon

Tufnell, Henry

Turner, Laurence

Vaughan, Tony

Webb, Chris

Western, Matt

Whittome, Nadia

Williams, David

Witherden, Steve

Yang, Yuan

Yasin, Mohammad

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    D
    · 2 hours ago
    Robert Preston on twitter just after 8pm: 

    I understand Starmer’s offer to the welfare rebel MPs is to protect PIP payments for all existing claimants forever. There would be no detriment from the reforms for existing claimants. This would shave circa £2bn from the reform savings by 2029. I an pretty clear that with the other reforms I describe below this will persuade enough rebels to back the remaining reforms in next Tuesday’s vote.

    There will also be “grandfathering” of the disability top up universal credit for existing claimants. So again no detriment to existing claimants. My estimate is this would shave another billion pounds or so from the reform savings by 2029.

    Finally, and importantly, the rebels - led by Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier - have secured agreement that the Stephen Timms review of how to assess entitlement to disability benefits will be a co-production with disability rights groups. This is seen by rebel MPs as a major concession.

    My assumption is that enough rebel MPs will now drop their opposition to the reforms and Starmer will win on Tuesday. But make no mistake, this is another substantial government u-turn
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    D
    · 2 hours ago
    https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/downing-street-in-compromise-talks-with-labour-welfare-rebels
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    D
    · 2 hours ago
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/26/starmer-offers-massive-concessions-on-welfare-bill-to-labour-rebels

    And so rebel watch begins - time to watch the twitter accounts of all the above listed MPs to see who’s head been turned (aka who’s sold out)
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    Edwards
    · 2 hours ago
    I have just received an email from the secretary of my mp Jo platt,I emailed her about the welfare changes and she was supporting them but has changed her mind and is set to vote against after talking to many of her constituents,I asked her specifically about contribution based esa current claimants as the water is very muddy indeed around what's going to happen with us,she has informed me that current recipient's of cbesa will still recieve it indefinitely unless there is a significant change in their circumstances and that we should be guaranteed the benefit if there is indeed no change to our health,she also said that the conditions for claiming it will always fall under the present rules and any changes are for new claimants only,that seems like good news,what do you all think?she also mentioned pip but just to say it is not yet law so not to be too concerned at this stage of the negotiations,I pretty much expected that considering what's going on atm but there seems to be some light over cbesa
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    D
    · 3 hours ago
    https://ifs.org.uk/publications/governments-proposed-reforms-health-related-benefits-incomes-insurance-and-incentives

    From the guardian live text:

    It contains findings that might be welcomed both by supporters of the bill, and its opponents.

    Supporters of the bill argue that the current system is unsustainable, and the IFS says that eventually the measures could save £11bn a year.

    But bigger-than-expected savings for the taxpayer means bigger-than-expected losses for claimants, and the IFS says in the long term this could lead to 500,000 people losing more than £8,000. That figure is a mix of existing claimants who will find their payments cut, and future claimants who will lose because they will receive less than they would have got under the old system.

    The IFS also says the changes involve a significant redistribution within the welfare system.
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    Sam
    · 3 hours ago
    Peston  is saying on twitter the compromise is protect existing pip claimants forever which is not much good for those of us only on lcwra
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    SLB
    · 3 hours ago
    Peter Lamb MP  has posted:

    Have now heard what the new PIP deal is.

    It's for others to disclose and every MP must make up their own mind, but to me it's insufficient when better options have repeatedly been put forward and ignored.

    I will be voting for the amendment/against the bill, alone if necessary.
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    SLB
    · 3 hours ago
    I confess I'm struggling to eat today.  It seems like today and tomorrow are going to be make or break for us - not just for the foreseeable future, but for the rest of our lives.  
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      Yorkie Bard
      · 3 hours ago
      @SLB SLB

      My glass is not half empty nor half full.

      It is overflowing!

      I really think that we have got this.

      They are ON THE RUN - mark my words, because I will say - I TOLD YOU SO!


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    Simon.
    · 3 hours ago
    The terrifying thing about today is there seems to be no good news, all seems to be like Starmer is going to win no matter how many labour MP’s rebel due to the dreadful Tories.  It definitely feels hopeless at this moment in time and only going to get worse when he wins on Tuesday.  The sad reality is when he wins this is just the beginning, it’s going to get worse and worse with more cuts. As if living with a disability or mental health condition isn’t bad enough without Strarmer and his Tory army declaring war on us so they don’t have to tax the rich. 
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      Yorkie Bard
      · 2 hours ago
      @Simon. Simon - please wait.

       I really, truly believe that we are on the winning side! 
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    Rosalee
    · 3 hours ago
    Well just got a very positive response from our local Reform Councillor, he is completely AGAINST this bill, no response from my local Labour MP as yet though :(
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      Dave Dee
      · 2 hours ago
      @Rosalee Does that view reflect the leadership of Reform? Tice and Farage have nothing but disdain for the disabled and make no mistake about it. Credit to your local Reform Councillor though.
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    Gingin
    · 3 hours ago
    ‘Massive concessions’ being reported by Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/26/starmer-offers-massive-concessions-on-welfare-bill-to-labour-rebels
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    Dave Dee
    · 3 hours ago
    Apparently Starmer had made concessions which will win many of the rebels over. 
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    SLB
    · 4 hours ago
    From the Guardian.  These concessions don't  sound like what we were wanting to hear:


    Starmer offers ‘massive concessions’ on welfare bill to Labour rebels
    Exclusive: Leading rebels say they have been promised significant changes to planned cuts which could help bill avoid defeat

    Keir Starmer has offered Labour MPs “massive concessions” on his controversial welfare bill in a move that looks to have won over key rebels and may have saved the prime minister from a damaging Commons defeat next week.

    Leading rebels told the Guardian they had been promised significant changes to the planned cuts that could cost the government several billion pounds over the next few years but look set to shore up the prime minister’s precarious authority.

    The compromises, which are understood to include moderating the bill to make it easier for people with multiple impairments to claim disability benefits, were offered during a tense day of talks in Downing Street.

    They would mark a major reversal from Starmer, who had insisted for weeks he would not change course, but appears to have been forced to back down after more than 120 Labour MPs threatened to kill the bill.

    One of those leading the opposition to the bill said: “They’ve offered massive concessions, which should be enough to get the bill over the line at second reading.”

    Other, more hardline rebels were urging their centrist colleagues not to drop their objections, but with ministers insisting they would hold the vote on Tuesday, more moderate MPs were understood to be backing the government’s proposals.

    Downing Street declined to comment.
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    Leprechaun
    · 4 hours ago
    Oh Starmer is resorting to shouting now. Totally unfit for the job.
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    Jay
    · 4 hours ago
    how can they be bought with consessions?
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    John Rice
    · 4 hours ago
    Peter Dowd MP for Bootle has posted that he won't be supporting the government bill but hasn't signed the amendment so is playing sementics and will probably abstain with 20% of his constituency receiving PIP. I suspect a classic flip flop!
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    Paul
    · 4 hours ago
    'Starmer offers ‘massive concessions’ on welfare bill to Labour rebels'


    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/26/starmer-offers-massive-concessions-on-welfare-bill-to-labour-rebels
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    tintack
    · 4 hours ago

    It looks like we're stuffed. This doesn't sounds like "massive concessions" to me. But it sounds like they'll be enough to win the vote.
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    James
    · 4 hours ago
    So here we are at the 11th hour waiting to see what concessions are going to be offered by Keir Starmer & Co to the disabled and ill community in order to win over more support. The twelfth hour will come on Monday the 30th  of June. If these concessions do not remove the 4 point ruling and do not stop the LWC & LWCWA from the majority of people who are actually too ill to work than this government will be exposed for what it is and I hope not only is it defeated during the 2nd bill's debate but that a follow on no confidence bill occurs to challenge Keir Starmer's government itself for being incompetent from ruling the country as it has stepped into several major issues one after the other that has literally attacked the very supporters the labour party claims to be representing not only the poor workers but also their families who and those who can no longer or will not be able to work. Using clever sound bites like "the clue is the name" is disgusting double speak when we all know Labour means those who work for their families. 

    Our fight is no where from over, indeed it has only just begun. We know we have the support of a vast number of labour MPs and also the support of other parties and hopefully even some in the opposition party. This issue should not be based on a 3 line up whip by either side but should be left as an open vote for all MPs on both sides as it is a moral issue rather than a money issue! 

    Should the bill pass then we will work with those politicians to repel this ghastly and evil bill that never set out to help anyone but to in fact do just the opposite and destroy them instead. 
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    Barneyboy
    · 4 hours ago
    Starmer, Kendall, Reeves and Rayner should all resign with immediate effect. These are not labour values. The one I am
    Most disappointed in is Rayner I thought she had morals but seemingly she is happy enough to go along with starmers plans, the other two I am not surprised at all proposing these brutal cuts which are simply bullying and disability harassment. Surely under human rights law the disabled cannot be targeted in such a fashion, perhaps Mr Starmer should consider that. 
    Will a leadership contest throw up anything different I doubt it. 
    Maybe a general election is the best plan and whilst we know reform will
    Do well and they have even
    More savage cuts planned they would only be in a coalition hung parliament and not a big deal would be done. 
    If this is tried to be slipped through as a money bill that falls at mr hoyles discretion and I can’t see that happening but you never know. 
    Has starmer done a dirty deal with the tories to get this through and it won’t become apparent until Tuesday. Bottom line there for
    Labour is if you lay with a dog you get fleas. 
    Minimum compromises must be
    Mandatory 4 point rule gone
    No vote until after the printing of the impact statement. 
    The unrealistic date of imposing this of nov 26 should be kicked down the road by a good number of years and in all honesty be scrappped. 
    If starmer thinks he can get away with this now and in 4 years time at election we will forget he is gravely mistaken. 
    This cabinet and leadership are not real labour at all. They hitched themselves onto the labour train as it was their best chance of claiming high office. As soon as starmer took power he done a purge of anyone
    On the left and got rid of them
    Including the great man Jeremy corbyn. These cuts and bullying would never have seen the light of day under a corbyn premiership. Stay strong folks we can beat this email your
    Mps. They want us to think we cannot impact this but we can we may be disabled that doesn’t
    Mean we are stupid not have no voice. 
    Kill the bill Starmer and do the honourable thing and resign as you are not fit to lead nor has the Labour Party members confidence in your leadership. Maybe when he is gone and I see the party returning to traditional labour values again I might rejoin.
    Also it’s time For proportional representation voting in the general
    Election and never again can one party hold such a majority again and try and do what they have tried. Let’s see what happens and let’s get them
    Numbers
    Against rising. If you are an mp reading this do not be bought of cheaply by false promises that are empty simply to get your approval
    Of this heinous bill. 

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