How your MP voted on Tory bid to force Labour to slash benefits

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MPs have rejected a Tory bid to force Labour to bring down spending on working-age welfare. The Conservatives led an Opposition Day debate in the House of Commons, piling pressure…

MPs have rejected a Tory bid to force Labour to bring down spending on working-age welfare. The Conservatives led an Opposition Day debate in the House of Commons, piling pressure on Andy Burnham to slash the eye-watering benefits bill for adults who can work.

It comes after the Tories set out plans yesterday to cut £36.1 billion from welfare costs.

The measures include scrapping payments for mild mental health conditions and routine back and joint pain, ending benefit claims for foreign nationals without EU settled status, and reversing Labour's axing of the two-child benefit cap.

Mrs Badenoch said in a speech: "Britain is handing out more than £180 billion a year in benefits to working-age adults.

"It is hard to comprehend just how big that number is. It's more than we spend on our army, our schools, and our police combined. It is more than £4,000 for every taxpayer in the UK."

The Conservative motion called on the Government "to commit to bringing working-age welfare spending down in this Parliament".

But Labour MPs voted for a government amendment which deleted this. Instead, the amendment simply said that the House of Commons "supports the Government’s commitment to deliver welfare reforms that break down barriers to employment, support more people into good, secure work and bring down the benefits bill".

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