Four disabled Labour MPs stood up to their government’s attempts to reduce vital disability benefits, Marsha de Cordova, Marie Tidball and Emma Lewell all voted against the universal credit and personal independence payment bill, and each of them delivered powerful speeches in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Another disabled Labour MP, Marie Rimmer, also voted against the bill.
In a dramatic intervention, the minister for social security and disability, Sir Stephen Timms, announced at 5.25pm on Tuesday – nearly four hours after the debate began and just 95 minutes before MPs voted – that no cuts at all to PIP would go ahead until his own review into PIP was completed in the autumn of 2026. The review is to be co-produced with Disabled people.
The Government therefore avoided a defeat at the second reading of the Bill by 335 to 260 votes and a third reading of the bill will take place on 9 July.
So what has changed after the Bill Vote and what more can be done? For an in depth analysis, we’ve rounded up the following overviews from :
