By Paul Mitchell of WSWS
The second reading of the Conservative government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill passed by 308 votes to 124 on Monday night.
Just 48 Labour MPs, less than a quarter of the party’s 256 total, defied party whips to abstain and voted no. Of the four contenders for the post of Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn was the only one to vote against. His rivals—Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall—all abstained after a Labour amendment, promoted as a way to defeat the bill, was rejected.
The Scottish Nationalists (SNP), Liberal Democrats, Greens and Democratic Unionists (DUP) all opposed the bill.
The bill’s measures will plunge millions of workers and youth further into economic insecurity and poverty. The homeless charity Shelter explained that unemployed families will not be able to afford to live in large parts of England under the new, lower benefit cap in the bill.
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