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Vicky Fockroft has resigned as a working whip in protest against plans for reducing disability benefits, increasing the pressure on the Sir Keira Sturmer’s government because it faces a threat to a wide uprising over politics.
In a letter to the Prime Minister Fokroft, he stated that she saw that the life of the disabled was “even tougher than I imagined” in the previous role of the Minister for the Disabled in 2020.
Although foxcroft supported the need to resolve growth well -being Bill, she believed that “it could and should be done by supporting more disabled for work,” Lewis Nort said on Thursday.
“I do not believe that the reduction of personal payment of independence (PIP) and the universal loan element should be part of the decision.”
Foxcroft move when ministers risk uprising on the points of deputies Compared to the policy, the most important part of the reforms of well -being aimed at reducing state expenses – the House of Commons vote in two weeks.
Fokcropoft “fought” the question of whether to quit, or fight for changes from the “WIPS” office.
“Unfortunately, now it seems that we are not going to get the changes that I wanted to see,” she said. “I will not be able to do the work that is required from me, and the scourge – whether or not to vote – for reforms that include cuts in the finance of the disabled.”
Senior It is attracted to the largest uprising against its administration when the deputies voted for a universal credit and personal bill on independence in the House of Community on July 1.
More than 100 deputies have already expressed concern about the bill, although it is unclear how much the call will be challenged – either the party’s executors – and vote against the government.
This week’s Starmer insisted The government will plow ahead With the reforms, developed both for saving money and for solving a large number of people who do not work in Britain.
The ministers first presented plans to reform the well -being in March. Expected changes to save the government £ 5 billion a year First of all by scaling the preferences of PIP disability.
These suggestions could see the benefit that was completely taken away by 800,000 people, many of whom needed the washing themselves or using the toilet. In May, 42 labor deputies signed Public letter Strmer’s attention that the changes were “impossible to support”.
Fokcropt departure is the second resignation of the senior figure in the Starmer government. Former Minister of International Development Anneliz Dods has come out in February over plans to reduce the budget for help.
