‘With a heavy broken heart’: Disabled Labour MP says she will vote against welfare cuts

A Labour MP has said she “cannot accept” welfare plans that will mean 150,000 more Britons end up in poverty.

Dr Marie Tidball, who is disabled, told the House of Commons that she planned to vote against the bill with a “heavy broken heart”.

She added: “I am proud that our Labour government has done much already to promote the rights of workers and opportunities for disabled people.

“This Labour government now has the chance to build on the positive aspects of its Pathways to Work green paper, to bring in a new era of policy-making for disabled people which takes a laser focus in closing this employment gap.”

Tidball said there was an “alternative approach” to allow reform with “Labour values of fairness”.

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