Starmer confirms willingness to make concessions on welfare bill

 

Starmer confirms willingness to make concessions on welfare bill, saying reforms must comply with 'Labour values of fairness'

Keir Starmer starts his statement by talking about welfare reform – which is not the subject of the statement, but he says the main statement covers “security”, and he says he wants to start talking about social security.

He goes on:

On social security, I recognise there is a consensus across the house on the urgent need for reform of our welfare system, because the British people deserve protection and dignity when they are unable to work, and support into work when they can.

At the moment, they are failed every single day by the broken system created by the Conservatives, which achieves neither.

I know colleagues across the house are eager to start fixing that, and so am I, and that all colleagues want to get this right, and so do I.

We want to see reform implemented with Labour values of fairness.

That conversation will continue in the coming days, so we can begin making change together on Tuesday.