Sir Keir Starmer has said his welfare reforms now strike “the right balance” after he U-turned in the face of a major backbench rebellion. Speaking for the first time after Downing Street agreed a ...

A major rebellion has forced the government to slash its proposed benefit reforms, cutting the annual savings by more than ...

Treasury sources have waved away the idea that she was out of the loop. Ms Reeves was kept abreast of negotiations by Mr ...

It’s Starmer’s weakness and his total inability to lead that has allowed all this to happen. And the fact he’s now backed ...

The Government has agreed to make concessions to its welfare reform Bill after a rebellion by Labour MPs. However disability ...

A change of mind on winter fuel payments, then on a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs and now another concession on ...

After a group of rebel Labour MPs forced Keir Starmer into a huge benefit cuts climbdown, we want to know whether you think the PM made the right decision ...

Labour is in a “good place now” on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has insisted after the Government agreed to water down its plans for benefits cuts amid the prospect of a major rebellion.

The British prime minister had pressed ahead with the proposal despite pushback from within his party, but a parliamentary ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere ...

Under the changes, around 1.5 million of the current claimants would not be found eligible for the “daily living” side of the ...

Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say ...