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Today in Focus

A humiliating day for Keir Starmer in parliament

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

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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it is a very muggy day in westminster and i am spending the day not in the park or in the

1:07.0

lido but in and around the palace of west, where Kirstarmer is facing the biggest

1:11.7

challenge of his premiership so far. It's kind of hard to believe, but it's not even quite

1:16.6

been a year since his enormous landslide victory. And yet today, he is facing a major

1:22.6

rebellion of his own MPs, unhappy at the government's plans to substantially cut disability benefits.

1:29.3

I have sought some shade opposite the House of Parliament where groups of disabled people are gathering to show their opposition.

1:36.3

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

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