So mainly I'm saying that if you're not going to go against the govt because it's the king's speech and you've got assurances that something better will happen in the budget.... I have no sympathy for rebelling now. I get the political narrative around it, but I will heavily criticise MPs that rebel here and didn't last time.
I'm fine with questioning the threshold. If there's a problem with the means testing then adjusting the line for this (and the other) benefits is good thing. I don't want pensioners in poverty. But it being means tested should ideally only hurt the millions of wealthy pensioners who are getting this payout unnecessarily.
The means testing could be badly done, and yeah, in that case, try and push an amendment through to uplift the threshold. But rebelling here feels like vote-chasing to me, not integrity.
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