Reports the Prime Minister is seeking to soften the blow of the cuts comes as he faces the growing threat of a backbench rebellion over the package of measures, which ministers hope will save the public purse £5 billion a year. Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley (Crawley Borough Council/PA)Peter Lamb, the Labour MP for Crawley, is the latest to publicly state he would vote against the plan. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner on Sunday indicated an announcement could come in weeks. “I mean, the Prime Minister has announced it, so logically to me that indicates that the Prime Minister wants to do something in this area. “And if the Prime Minister wants to do that, I’m sure the Chancellor is going to look at how we can achieve that,” she told Sky News.
