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 ...

The Government has agreed to make concessions to its welfare reform Bill after a rebellion by Labour MPs. However disability groups say the changes are not enough to protect disabled people in the ...

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

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.

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 ...

Sir Keir Starmer insisted “we can now get on with it” as he broke his silence over a humiliating disability benefit cuts ...

If current protections are right for disabled people now, why are they not right for disabled people in the future?’ ...

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 ...

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

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given way to political pressure and watered down planned welfare reforms to avert ...