An unnamed 'senior' Labour backbencher (quoted in the Guardian) on the prospective cuts to welfare, echos concerns expressed here (and elsewhere):

'We are a rich country but we have lots of poorer people. Do not target stuff at the poorest and most vulnerable. There are others ways of doing it'!

Well there may be other ways but Rachel Reeves seems unwilling to countenance them....

#austerity #welfare #benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/07/dont-punish-the-vulnerable-labour-mp-uneasy-over-planned-welfare-cuts