Union boss urges Labour MPs to vote against benefit cuts

The leader of the Fire Brigades Union is calling on Labour MPs to vote against the government's proposed cuts to benefits.

Steve Wright has become the first general secretary of a trade union affiliated to the Labour Party to explicitly tell Sir Keir Starmer's MPs to rebel against his plans.

Wright told the BBC: "The most vulnerable and poorest in society are being asked to pay for a crisis they didn't cause. I don't believe that is why people are involved in the Labour movement."

He added that he believed the move would lead to "the normalisation of the cost of living crisis" for many, and should be rejected.