A bill to cut the cost of Britain’s social welfare system passed a hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday, but only after Prime Minister Keir Starmer made significant concessions.

Sir Keir Starmer's controversial welfare bill has passed its first hurdle in the Commons despite a sizeable rebellion from his MPs.

There will be “financial consequences” to Sir Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a senior Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to rule out tax rises.