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 ...

Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say ...

Yet while her leadership is one of Reform's greatest assets, how much longer will the Tory backbenches tolerate this collapse ...

Keir Starmer expresses regret for controversial immigration speech resembling Enoch Powell's "rivers of blood" remarks.

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

Sir Keir Starmer has blown a £4.25bn hole in his budget after retreating on cuts to disability benefits and pensioner subsidies, raising the likelihood of further tax rises and damaging his government ...

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

LABOUR rebels who forced Sir Keir Starmer into a U-turn are to demand the two-child benefit cap is axed. The PM faces the ...