Tories will join with rebel Labour MPs and vote AGAINST welfare cuts to try to defeat Keir Starmer

Kemi Badenoch, the TORY leader, plans to lead a motion for her MPs to oppose the proposed sickness welfare cuts, aiming to embarrass Sir Keir Starmer.

The Conservatives will team up with Labour rebels in a bid to defeat the package, which is expected to shave £5billion off the bloated benefits bill.

Photo of Kemi Badenoch in a red suit jacket, giving an interview.
Kemi Badenoch will attempt to inflict a humiliating defeat on Sir Keir Starmer by ordering her MPs to vote against the sickness welfare cutsCredit: Dan Charity
Sir Keir Starmer giving a speech.
Sir Keir Starmer is facing the biggest rebellion of his political careerCredit: Getty

Approximately 100 Labour MPs have joined forces by signing a letter to Sir Keir expressing their refusal to back his proposed cuts during the upcoming Parliamentary vote.

The PM has a working majority of 165, while the Tories have 120 MPs.

It means that if the Conservatives team up with a large band of Labour rebels they could inflict a defeat.

The Tories will oppose the plans on the basis that the cuts do not go far enough.

A government source said: “We could lose the vote if the Tories team up with Labour MPs to vote against the measures.

A source suggests, “The rebellion is going to be awful. There will be MPs in tears. It will breed some real resentment towards No10 and it could even cause a permanent rift.”

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has claimed the reforms will get more people into work and ­protect the benefits system.

Speaking earlier this month, she said: “Unless we reform the system to help those who can work to do so, unless we get social security spending on a more sustainable footing . . .the risk is the welfare state won’t be there for people who really need it in future.”

Britain’s welfare bill has ballooned since Covid.

According to official estimates, taxpayers will have to pay a staggering £70billion a year on working-age sickness and disability benefits by 2030.

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Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, at a press conference.
If the Conservatives team up with a large band of Labour rebels they could inflict a defeatCredit: Getty
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