But many Labour lawmakers balked at the changes, which the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated would cut the ...

The UK government is scaling back planned welfare reforms in a bid to fight off a backbench rebellion.

Ministers have said they expect the Government’s welfare legislation to pass the Commons after Sir Keir Starmer backed down ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sharply scaled back planned welfare cuts on Friday to quell a rebellion by lawmakers in ...

Labour is in a “good place now” on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has insisted after the Government agreed to water down ...

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

Sir Keir Starmer has blown a £4.25bn hole in his budget after retreating on cuts to disability benefits and pensioner subsidies, raising the likelihood of further tax rises and damaging his government ...

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

A Number 10 spokesman insisted that the Prime Minister ‘remains fully committed to engaging with parliamentarians’.

They would create a two-tier benefits system where people would not be eligible for support because they became sick or disabled at a later date.' ...

Tax rises ‘very likely’ after Starmer’s 4.5bn benefits U-turns - Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a ...

Two charities plan to host a protest outside Brighton railway station over the government’s proposed changes to welfare benefits. The ...