Ministers table emergency laws to limit disability payments after losing two key court battles that could blow a £3.7 billion hole in the welfare budget

‘Ministers tabled emergency laws to limit disability payments yesterday after losing two court battles that threaten to blow a £3.7 billion hole in the welfare budget.
Disability Minister Penny Mordaunt said it was vital to tighten the law to ‘make sure we are giving support to those who need it most’.
But Labour is threatening to haul ministers to the Commons on Monday to defend the move. And the government could now face a showdown over the issue with its own MPs, who have repeatedly defeated efforts to curb disability payments.’
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