'No support for cuts in Cabinet

Michael Knowles

Ms Kendall is today expected to confirm Labour's plan amid backbench fury.
One proposal is to save £5billion by tightening rules on personal independence payments for people with long-term conditions.
Ministers had also reportedly been looking at freezing PIP payments but this was dropped due to backbench pressure.
Ms Kendall's opposite number Helen Whately pressed the Labour minister about whether she had "collective agreement" for her plans.
Ms Kendall refused to answer, saying only that Ms Whately would have to "show a little patience" and claiming the Tories "never" had a plan on benefits.
Ms Whately told the Commons: "I was listening very hard to that answer and from everything I heard, she still doesn't have the support of her Cab...

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