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Inside the Labour welfare rebellion – who is fighting back?

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Jun 26, 2025
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L-R: Lizzi Collinge, Chris Webb, Cat Smith, Lorraine Beavers

The roots of Labour’s welfare rebellion began to form several months ago.

In Blackpool North and Fleetwood, 41 per cent of households have at least one disabled person living in them. So new MP Lorraine Beavers was among the first to make clear that she did not support the bill saying she “will …

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