Current Pip claimants will not lose their DWP benefits after the Government made concessions to Labour rebels on controversial welfare reforms.

The government had been proposing that from November 2026, pip claimants would need to score at least four points from a ...

Sir Keir has now performed a hat-trick of U-turns.  On winter fuel payments, on a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs – and on welfare.

Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn.

More than one in four Labour MPs publicly signed an amendment which would have brought down the Government’s flagship social ...

It can take strength and wisdom for politicians to change their minds, but too many about-turns suggests weakness and a lack of judgment ...

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

The turnaround comes just before Starmer marks the first anniversary of what has been a rocky return to power for Labour after 14 years in opposition to the Conservatives.

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

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

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 ...