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[frith_in_thorns]

Government suffers Lords defeats over welfare cuts

The government has lost three votes in the House of Lords over its plans to cut the welfare bill.

Peers voted by 260 to 216 to protect up to 15,000 young disabled people from cuts to employment support allowance.

They voted 234 to 186 for a two-year limit on claims, rather than the proposed one year,

Comments

[bib_specialist]

Oh, man. The Lords voted against a government? Suddenly it feels like it's 1910.

[lady_deirdre]

And we're partying like it's 1999 :D

[zizzo_no_ai]

Dang. Shocking and awesome.

[lonely_hour]

fantastic!

[lovelokest]

Thank God they voted against it. I don't live in the UK but my job is working with developmentally disabled adults in their own homes. The work available for them tends to be low wage and part-time (packaging, vacuuming, shredding paper, etc), and in no way covers the care they need. Plus, institutions may cost less but they're unethical if a person can live in either a nursing home, group home or their own home.

[mephisto5]

Yessssssssssssssss!