Labour DWP committee chair Debbie Abrahams says she cannot support welfare bill in current form

Labour DWP committee chair Debbie Abrahams says she cannot support welfare bill in current form

Debbie Abrahams, the Labour chair of the work and pensions committee and the second signatory on Meg Millier’s reasoned amendment against the welfare bill, has said she cannot support the bill, despite the concessions, ITV’s Romilly Weeks reports. She has posted on social media.

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She says the government rowed back on what had been negotiated and in the current form she will not be supporting the bill

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By contrast, Hillier, chair of the Treasury committee, welcomed the concessions on Friday, calling them a “good and workable compromise”.