Chancellor Rachel Reeves will address the parliamentary Labour Party this evening in a behind-closed-doors meeting where rebels will challenge the winter fuel payment cut ahead of a Commons vote on Tuesday. Peers are set to vote on a motion to kill the cut on Wednesday.
With a vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday over the government's plan to cut the winter fuel payment, it is likely that some Labour MPs will not vote with the government.Rachael Maskell, the Labour MP for York Central, has led the charge from the backbenches against the government plans.There are reports that as many as 50 Labour MPs could rebel - although a number such is this is always hard to pin down and should be taken with a pinch of salt.
It should be noted, even if Labour loses 50 votes to abstention - and even if the 50 vote against the government - they still have the majority to pass their plans.But the consequences of voting against the government would be much more severe.Sir Keir Starmer - and his chief whip, Sir Alan Campbell - showed they are willing to be ruthless with those voting against the government in King's Speech.
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