MPs opposing benefit cuts should be negotiating on the basis they will vote against them. It’s all theatre if all they negotiate is their own theatrics.
— ‘One Labour MP said: “When people abstained on the winter fuel vote, they were warned that it had been taken by the leadership as voting against the government. This time, however, a number of MPs have been offered the opportunity to abstain.”‘
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/17/ministers-avoid-labour-rebellion-disability-cuts
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