28 June 2025, 13:35

By Helen Barnard

The concessions offered by the UK government to stave off a rebellion in their ranks are welcome, but fall short.

On Tuesday, MPs will vote on the Universal Credit and PIP Bill. The government has now promised its MPs that this Bill will change substantially straight after the vote, but they will have to vote without seeing exactly how the promised changes will be made, and without a full impact assessment of either the original or the updated Bill.

They will then have only a few days to read, understand and if necessary, challenge the changes before being asked to rush into another final vote a week later.

The government has made this last-minute about-turn following pressure from disabled people, the charities that support them, MPs across parties, and after Trussell’s lobby day in Parliament, where more than 500 food bank volunteers met with MPs to share firsthand experiences of hardship in their communities and urge them to take action.

The concessions offered by the UK government to stave off a rebellion in their ranks are welcome but fall short. They help protect people who already rely on support from disability social........

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