London: Some of the Labour MPs who plan to rebel against the government over its welfare reforms have raised concerns about the number of people they say will be pushed into poverty by the changes. The government’s official impact assessment estimates that around 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, will be left in relative poverty after housing costs by 2030 if the changes proceed.

According to BBC, the assessment is based on Labour ministers not implementing changes planned by the Conservatives when they were in power. Government analysts indicate that these Conservative-planned reforms would have pushed an additional 150,000 people into poverty. The Resolution Foundation think tank has evaluated these figures, suggesting that the net effect of the government’s reforms, excluding the previous administration’s planned changes, would result in at least 300,000 people entering relative poverty by 2030.