The British prime minister had pressed ahead with the proposal, but a parliamentary vote on it was expected to fail.

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

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

The U-turn, including protecting personal independence payments (Pip) for existing claimants, comes after 126 MPs threatened ...

Sir Keir Starmer spent Thursday making calls to shore up support among Labour MPs who backed an amendment to stop the ...

Labour backbenchers forced the government into a U-turn on its flagship welfare reform policy. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Labour party has been caught in a backlash from some of its own MPs who believe they are under orders to attend ...

The government has been forced into another u-turn to see off a rebellion. But it really shouldn’t have come to this.

A new poll shows the desire for a new left alternative at the ballot box, but a new party alone will not stop racist ...

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

Disability benefits cuts are supposed to drive people into work but as many as 121 people could be chasing one job, new ...

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