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Starmer Faces Down a Revolt Over Welfare Reform

Keir Starmer Hit By Major Labour Rebellion As MPs Back His Welfare Bill

Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion by Labour MPs against welfare cuts which are set to push 150,000 people into poverty. In a major blow to the prime minister’s authority, dozens of his own backbenchers voted against the PM’s flagship Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.

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Rattled Starmer scrapes through on welfare reform after last-minute concession to rebel MPs

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered the biggest blow to his leadership since coming into power a year ago after he was forced to abandon a key plank of his controversial benefit cuts in order to get them through parliament.

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Labour braces for biggest rebellion of Starmer era over welfare reform

Some 39 Labour MPs have signalled they will vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms on Tuesday evening in a tense showdown between the prime minister and his backbenchers despite a £2.5bn U-turn that watered down the package last week.

Kemi Badenoch's dire warning Keir Starmer is not fit to govern after welfare humiliation

Kemi Badenoch said Keir Starmer isn’t fit to govern the country as she lashed out at his “utter capitulation” over welfare.

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Who are the key Labour figures leading the charge against Keir Starmer's benefits cuts?

Sir Keir Starmer is facing his largest rebellion yet over plans to cut sickness and disability benefits.In a bid to get the ...

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Keir Starmer In 11th-Hour Welfare Climbdown In Bid To Avoid Commons Defeat

Keir Starmer has made yet another U-turn on Labour’s flagship welfare reforms as the government desperately tries to avoid an ...

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Keir Starmer faces fresh revolt from rural MPs after £2.8bn inheritance tax raid

Despite not being a rural constituency, Keir Starmer's Holborn and St Pancras is projected to lose 1,037 jobs and £124 ...

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Disability benefit cuts: Sir Keir Starmer forced to make late concession in biggest Labour rebellion

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform agenda to get the legislation through its first Commons test.In a late climbdown as MPs prepared to vote, the UK government ...

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US trade deal at risk as American drink giants fume over Keir Starmer's advertising ban

Sir Keir Starmer faces warnings that his Government's plans to ban alcohol advertising could derail the recently negotiated ...

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Keir Starmer close to end as migrants are literally laughing at him

If Sir Keir is truly interested in stopping the boats, he should ditch his dreadful deal with the French and instead take a ...

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Did my MP vote against Starmer’s plan to cut benefits?

Did my MP vote against Starmer’s plan to cut benefits? - 49 Labour MPs voted against the welfare cuts in what is believed to be the most significant rebellion of his premiership ...