Sir Kir Stmper has admitted that he was “attached properly with Labor MPs”, causing a series of damage to U-turn on his major welfare reforms.
On Tuesday, Government avoided defeat On their resolutions to overhala by offering late concessions to Labor MPs who threatened the rebel.
The Prime Minister said that he took responsibility for the case, accepting that it was a “difficult” for a few days, but emphasizing the government that “will come through this strong” after the period of reflection.
Talking to the political thinking of BBC Radio 4, Sir Kir said that he “did not get that process right” and “did not engage in the way we should have done”.
The Prime Minister’s comments come to Westminster after a few days after chaotic, which revolted Labor MPs on the proposed changes in personal freedom payment (PIP).
The government initially planned to tighten the eligibility criteria, but faced increasing opposition from within its own ranks.
Despite the commanding majority, the guard of Sir Kir was caught by the backlash scale.
More than 120 Labor MPs threatened to vote against the bill, indicating a series of final-mint concessions.
Beyond Tuesday’s vote, ministers had already given water Their plans Once by reversing some cuts for universal credit and to protect the current PIP contenders from strict eligibility rules.
However, some labor MPs were still worried that new criteria would be implemented to claim PIP before implementing a review recommendations.
For fear of a derogatory defeat, the government announced another U-turn, saying it would not change the PIP rules until it had time to consider the findings of the review.
The 11th hour changes leave the government Universal loan and personal freedom payment bill Passing through your most important measures.
Speaking to Nick Robinson in a pre -planned interview to mark a year in the office, Sir Kir admitted that he “did not find that process correct”.
“We were not engaged in the way we should have done.”
He said that “labor politicians come into public life because they care deeply”, especially about issues like disability gain.
Sir Kir insisted that he was committed to improve the welfare system.
He said, “Labor party has a very, very strong compromise that we need to improve the system,” he said.
“But I am not one of these ideological thinkers. I am a practical person.”
The episode has raised questions about the rights of Sir Keer and the consistent of his policy agenda.
It has also pressurized the plans of the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to spend, as the potential savings of about £ 5BN will now be completely delayed or lost.
In the same interview, Sir Kir insisted that Reeves would continue to be his Chancellor in the next election.
The Prime Minister had refused to say whether the MPs in Reeves Commons would be in their job till the next election, during a session in which the Chancellor had shed tears along with sitting behind him.
But later Sir Keir told the BBC that she “worked in Lockstap with Reaves and she was” doing an excellent work as a Chancellor “.
After the PMQ, the spokesperson of the Reeves said that she was working with a “personal case” and Sir Kir insisted that her tears were “nothing to do with politics”.
Despite the turmoil, Sir Kir said that he would “do not swap one day of last year” for life on opposition benches.
“I came into politics to change life in politics, after nine long years in protest,” he said.
Sir Kir said that he is really proud of “what we have achieved because we have changed people’s lives”.
