A GOVERNMENT whip has resigned as she slammed Labour’s welfare reforms.
MP Vicky Foxcroft has stepped back from her role over the party’s proposals.
She wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer she could not vote “for reforms which include cuts to disabled people’s finances”.
The former whip said: “I do not believe that cuts to personal independence payment (PIP) and the health element of Universal Credit should be part of the solution.
“I have wrestled with whether I should resign or remain in the Government and fight for change from within.
“Sadly it is now seems that we are not going to get the changes I desperately wanted to see.
“I therefore tender my resignation as I know I will not be able to do the job that is required of me and whip – or indeed vote – for reforms which include cuts to disabled people’s finances.
“I am incredibly proud to have served as part of the first Labour government in 14 years and hope that ministers will revisit these reforms so that I can continue to support the Government in delivering for the people of this country.”
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Government whip[/caption]
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