Wednesday Update: Last-minute Change Ensures Welfare Bill Passes, but What Does it Mean for Keir Starmer? | Social Security

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Good morning. To Keir Starmer’s loveless landslide, can now add a vapid victory. The government’s flagship welfare reform bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 335 votes to 260 – a majority of 75. But after the government made last-minute concessions to secure the passage, measures that aimed to save £5bn annually now seem unlikely to recoup any savings at all.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/02/wednesday-briefing-last-minute-reversal-secures-welfare-bills-passage-but-at-what-cost-to-keir-starmer