Kir Stamor Her frontbench team has suffered a shock as one of her frontbench teams, she said that she cannot do it Back cut that will kill disabled people,
Vicky Foxcroft dramatically left and called as a government whip Prime Minister Instead to “support more people with disabilities”.
In a letter written to the Prime Minister, she said that she could not “vote for reforms, including the finance cut of people with disabilities”.
He said: “With a heavy heart, I have written to the Prime Minister to tender my resignation as a whip. While I will continue to support the government in giving changes to the country. benefits,
She said that she understands that “there is a need to address the ever -increasing welfare bill in these difficult economic time”. But he said: “I have always admitted that it can be done by supporting more disabled people in the work. I do not believe that personal freedom payment (PIP) should be cut and universal credit should be part of the health element solution.”
His letter went away: “I wrestled with whether I should resign or stay in the government and fight for change from within. It is sad that now it seems that we are not going to achieve the changes that I wanted to see strict.
“So I tender my resignation because I know that I will not be able to do the work that I need and whip – or really for votes – reforms that include the finance of people with disabilities.”
Ms. Foxcroft said that it was an honor to serve in the government.
He wrote, “I am incredibly proud to act as part of the first labor government in 14 years and hope that the ministers will re -recite these reforms so that I can continue to support the government in distributing to the people of this country,” he wrote.
The Prime Minister has faced a backlash from some labor MPs on proposals to improve the welfare system, which is expected to save up to £ 5 billion per year.
The law presented in Parliament on Wednesday includes strictness of criteria for main disability payments in England, individual freedom payment (PIP).
Ministers also want to cut the element related to the disease of universal credit (UC), and delay access to it, so people over 22 years of age can claim it.
The purpose of the package of reforms is to encourage more people in the benefits of the disease and work, but dozens of labor rebels stated last month that the proposals were “impossible to support”.
Former Chhaya Chancellor John McDonal, who lost the labor whip last year, wrote on social media: “Vicky Foxcroft worked really hard as a ministerial minister for the disabled and will have a deep understanding of the implication of the implications on profit cuts on people with disabilities.
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