A humiliating day for Keir Starmer in parliament

议会上一幕对基尔·斯塔默的羞辱日

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2025-07-02

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Helen Pidd talks to Kiran Stacey and a host of Labour MPs on a day of high drama in Westminster, as parliament votes on the government’s proposed disability cuts. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian Today,

  • a hot and fractious day in parliament as Labour MPs revolt over plans to cut disability benefits.

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  • It is a very muggy day in Westminster and I am spending the day not in the park or in the Lido.

  • but in and around the Palace of Westminster,

  • where Keir Starmer is facing the biggest challenge of his premiership so far.

  • It's kind of hard to believe,

  • but it's not even quite been a year since his enormous landslide victory.

  • And yet today, he is facing a major rebellion of his own MPs,

  • unhappy at the government's plans to substantially cut disability benefits.

  • I have sought some shade opposite the House of Parliament,

  • where groups of disabled people are gathering to show their opposition.

  • There is a woman in a mobility scooter wearing a sign that says Rachel the Robber Reeves.