The Prime Minister is talking to 126 Labour rebels who will vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms in a vote on Tuesday.
Starmer said he wants the reforms that will choke access to sickness and incapacity benefits which will show “Labour values of fairness.”
He said there is a “consensus across the House on the urgent need for reform” as the welfare system is “broken.”
Starmer said, “I know colleagues across the House are eager to start fixing that, and so am I, and that all colleagues want to get this right, and so do I.
“We want to see reform implemented with Labour values of fairness.
“That conversation will continue in the coming days, so we can begin making change together on Tuesday.”
Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne said, “No tweaks or concessions can save the disability cuts Bill.
“It’s an awful piece of legislation that will cause huge and lasting damage to my disabled constituents and those across the UK.”
York Central MP Rachael Maskell demanded the Bill “cannot and must not be saved.”
“Any concessions will still cause harm to disabled people,” she added.
“The only option is to withdraw the Bill, rethink and start to rebuild trust with disabled people.”
Commons Leader Lucy Powell told MPs, “As the House would expect, the Government actively engages with parliamentary opinion throughout a bill’s passage, as we are doing intensively with the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.”
