The Government will this afternoon whip Labour MPs to strip out a House of Lords amendment to the Great British Energy Bill, as the legislation returns to the Commons.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is bracing to wield the axe on spending at the fiscal event tomorrow - with £15billion of cuts expected as she desperately tries to balance the books.
The Chancellor is expected to announce deeper than expected cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday after she was forced to borrow an extra £20 billion over the first 11 months of the fiscal year
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to unveil fresh curbs on handouts this afternoon despite opposition inside Cabinet and in the wider Labour Party.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced defiance despite half of Keir Starmer's top team apparently voicing alarm at the welfare proposals at their weekly meeting on Tuesday.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall had been widely expected to unveil plans as soon as today, with ministers trying to slash £5billion from 'spiralling' benefits costs.
The Prime Minister tried to defuse a growing Labour rebellion over the issue by warning that failure to address welfare reform risked creating a 'wasted generation'.