Brits who currently receive the personal independence payment (Pip) will continue to do so after the Government’s concessions to Labour rebels on welfare reforms.
Adjustments to universal credit would also see incomes protected, according to a letter from Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall to MPs late last night.
The announcement comes after crisis talks with backbenchers, with some 126 MPs within the party signing an amendment that would halt the legislation in its tracks.
Sir Keir Starmer's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill has its second reading on July 1, the first opportunity for MPs to support or reject it.
The Government's original package restricted eligibility for Pip, the main disability payment in England, and limited the sickness-related element of Universal Credit.
