Starmer is seen in reducing the ceiling of UK benefit in the United Kingdom

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Sir Kerr Starmer is looking to cancel the bilateral interest ceiling in an attempt to satisfy the work deputies, according to government officials, who are likely to leave a hole of about 3 billion pounds in the autumn budget.

The UK Prime Minister seeks to rebel by Backbench deputies because of his welfare reforms by announcing measures to address children’s poverty. He said in private conversations that he is keen to find a way to completely cancel the bilateral benefit cover.

It is also understood that Liz Kendall, Minister of Labor and Pensions, supports the abolition of the cover, as well as the Minister of Education, Bridge Philipson, although other options are considered, according to officials.

However, the government’s poverty strategy in the government, which was expected to be published in the spring, was delayed due to the potential costs that would require any step to cancel the ceiling of benefits, according to the people who were briefed on this step.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is widely expected to raise taxes in the autumn budget to support government finance, although there are other discounts in spending on social welfare. Another way to fill the financial hole.

The UK government’s borrowing increased unexpectedly in April against the backdrop of higher public spending, accumulating on Reeves before reviewing the spending next month.

Starmer hinted at A partial course this week for a separate policy – The decision to remove fuel payments in the winter from retirees is $ 10 billion – by saying that he wants to bring more retirees in the scope of benefit.

Next month, the deputies will vote on their package of discounts, where nearly 80,000 people were set for the loss of deficit benefits. Many demands who need help in washing themselves, supervising or claiming toilet use, are no longer eligible.

More than 160, the representatives of the Labor Party, says that more than 160 do not agree with the proposals, and are planning to refrain from or vote against.

Starmer realizes the need to maintain the unity of the party and put out the rebellion even as it escalates in issues such as luxury, immigration and rights in its efforts to study the right -wing parties, especially reform in the United Kingdom.

The decision was intended last July to end the payment of global winter fuel to provide 1.5 billion pounds. The opposite of some of these savings will create problems for Reeves, while removing the two -wing cover will add an additional 3 billion pounds.

It is understood that Reeves does not want to announce very expensive policies far from a financial event, when policies by the International Financial Agency cost them, budget responsibility office.

About 4.8 million children are expected to be in poverty in the period 2029-30 with a bilateral limit, including half of children in large families, according to the decision institution.

Meanwhile, it is understood that Morgan Maksuini, Chief of Staff Staff, warned against giving up many reasons for the luxury of efforts to satisfy the work of the work. Beygov survey last year found that 60 percent of the audience, including more than 80 percent of conservative and reformist voters, supported the ceiling of bilateral benefits.

Reeves is involved in bruising talks with ministers on controlling public spending as part of the review, and one of the ally told the advisor: “If we do what some people want on the ceiling of benefits, this will add more pressure.”

An ally from Kendall said that although the movement in the winter fuel was welcomed by the representatives of the Labor Party, the bold work on the poverty of children is likely to affect them to support the reforms of the benefits of disease and disability. And they said: “The child’s poverty is the relevant thing in this debate.”

A senior minister near Starmer agreed: “We have to do something about the poverty of children.”