Starmer must drop ‘cruel’ Pip proposals or face ‘mother of all rebellions’, Labour MP says – UK politics live

Richard Burgon says PM's failure to defend new Pip eligibility rules at PMQs shows why cruel' plans should be dropped

Last night, to back up its analysis of the disability cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies published two charts illustrating aspects of the changes.

This one shows how the 5bn cuts announced yesterday compare in scale to previous benefit cuts, listed here in order of how big they were, in current prices.