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MINISTERS are under increasing pressure from Labour and dozens of Tory MPs to scrap plans to cut welfare payments ahead of a Commons showdown next week.
Fifty MPs who make up the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs today called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to drop plans for the £20 a week cut to universal credit and working tax credit.
On Monday, Labour will force a crunch vote in the Commons and is urging the 50 Conservative MPs of constituencies in the north of England and the Midlands to vote with the party to scrap the cut.
Labour shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds said: “The government is refusing to scrap the cut in the face of opposition from 50 of its own Northern Research Group MPs, two former Conservative work and pensions secretaries and dozens of charities and campaign groups.
“Britain is facing the worst recession of any major economy because of the chancellor’s incompetent handling of the pandemic.
“Rishi Sunak must end the uncertainty for millions of families and secure our economy by cancelling the cut.
“If he refuses to act, we urge Conservative MPs to vote with Labour on Monday to protect families’ incomes.”
