Rachel from accounts faces backlash – Labour MPs ‘mother of all rebellions’ over benefit cuts

 More than two dozen Labour MPs have broken ranks to oppose Rachel Reeves’s welfare cuts amid a growing backlash to her spring statement.

To date, nine MPs have confirmed they will vote against the proposals when they are put to a vote in the Commons. A further 19 have gone public with their opposition to the plans.

The Chancellor’s plans to bring down the benefits bill by £4.3 billion has prompted deep anger on the Left of the party.

According to the Government’s own impact assessment, its welfare cuts will push 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children, while 3.2 million families will lose out financially....<<<Read More>>>...