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Sir Keir Starmer needs to listen to his own MPs, a former Labour frontbencher who quit her role over plans to slash benefits ...
Vicky Foxcroft resigned as a party whip over the changes, claiming in a letter to the Prime Minister that the changes “could and should be done by supporting more disabled people into work”.
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip over the government's plans to cut disability benefits. In a letter to the prime minister, Foxcroft said she understood the need to address "the ...
Labour whip quits over Starmer’s benefits cuts Kate Devlin Thu, June 19, 2025, 4:01 PM EDT Vicky Foxcroft said she could not vote for reforms that include cuts to disabled people's finances ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Vicky Foxcroft is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with 14 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2017 Foreign Legislature.
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Government whip over the party's welfare proposals. She said in a letter to the Prime Minister she could not vote 'for reforms which include cuts to ...
Vicky Foxcroft The Commons terrace went silent last month when Vicky Foxcroft quit as a government whip in order to vote against Sir Keir’s plans.
Vicky Foxcroft said "with a heavy heart" she would be giving up her role as a government whip, saying changes she'd wanted to see made to the welfare reform had not happened.
Vicky Foxcroft resigned on Thursday night over Labour’s plans to slash the welfare budget by £5 billion, in a major blow to Keir Starmer.
But Vicky is the only frontbencher that I’ve had a conversation with about resigning,” she told BBC Breakfast. She told Times Radio that Ms Foxcroft “did the honourable thing” by standing ...