Starmer Upbraided Over Welfare Reforms by Labour Committee Chair

A senior Labour backbencher publicly admonished UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the government’s botched welfare reforms that sparked a rebellion in the ruling party and an embarrassing government U-turn earlier this month.

Work and Pensions Committee Chair Debbie Abrahams told Starmer on Monday that she was “ashamed” the government had advocated the £5 billion plan to cut disability payments, and asked what values would underpin government decisions going forward.