{"id":145162,"date":"2025-07-01T17:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?post_type=parliament&#038;p=145162"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:42:01","slug":"with-a-heavy-broken-heart-disabled-labour-mp-says-she-will-vote-against-welfare-cuts","status":"publish","type":"parliament","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/parliament\/with-a-heavy-broken-heart-disabled-labour-mp-says-she-will-vote-against-welfare-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;With a heavy broken heart&#8217;: Disabled Labour MP says she will vote against welfare cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/player.target-video.com\/player\/build\/targetvideo.min.js\"><\/script> <div id=\"TargetVideo_51387986\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\" > <\/div> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"TargetVideo_51387986\", {\"video\":\"2163329\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"id\":\"24436\"}); <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Labour MP has said she \u201ccannot accept\u201d welfare plans that will mean 150,000 more Britons end up in poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Marie Tidball, who is disabled, told the House of Commons that she planned to vote against the bill with a \u201cheavy broken heart&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added: \u201cI am proud that our Labour government has done much already to promote the rights of workers and opportunities for disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tidball said there was an \u201calternative approach\u201d to allow reform with \u201cLabour values of fairness\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Labour MP has said she \u201ccannot accept\u201d welfare plans that will mean 150,000 more Britons end up in poverty. 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