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Labour backs Con-Dems' welfare cap
Vicious spending limit passes by 520-22
Only a small band of Labour MPs rebelled yesterday against Ed Miliband's backing for Chancellor George Osborne's cruel cap on welfare benefits.
Just 13 Labour members ventured into the No lobby during a Commons vote on the permanent cap, which Mr Osborne has set at £119.5 billion for next year.
Some others abstained as the cap was voted through by 520 votes to 22, a massive majority of 498.
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