5 h. ago Keir Starmer faces humiliating threat to his authority as Labour MPs revolt on flagship benefits cuts with 120 vowing to sink the bill

Labour MPs brushed aside pressure from Downing Street and threats from party whips to demand that plans to trim £5billion from the welfare budget are dumped before a crunch vote next Tuesday.

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10 h. ago Major UK security shake up as country prepares for 'growing threats at home'

The UK is seeing a top to bottom shake-up of security as Keir Starmer warns we face growing 'menace' from hostile states, terrorism, crime gangs, cyber warfare, boprder chaos and even climate change

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer facing defeat over welfare reforms as more than 100 Labour MPs rebel

Sir Keir Starmer is facing the largest rebellion yet over the Government's welfare reforms but says it's necessary as there are 1,000 people per day going onto personal independence payments (PIP)

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11 h. ago In charts: UK’s welfare reforms to hit the country’s poorest

Sir Keir Starmer faces rebellion by Labour MPs over planned £5bn overhaul

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11 h. ago Kemi Badenoch offers to rescue Starmer’s welfare reforms as Labour rebellion grows

The prime minister has been warned that using Tory votes to pass his welfare reforms against a rebellion of more than 100 Labour MPs would be ‘shameful’

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13 h. ago Labour meltdown on benefits curbs: Sadiq Khan joins more than 100 MPs demanding Starmer ditch reforms or face Commons defeat

Some 108 Labour MPs have signed a 'reasoned' amendment that would effectively kill off the legislation in a Commons vote on July 1.

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15 h. ago Starmer risks humiliating defeat as he vows to press on with benefit cuts in face of revolt by 100 Labour MPs

MPs in London backing the rebel move against the welfare reforms include Dame Meg Hillier, Florence Eshalomi, Ruth Cadbury, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler

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15 h. ago Labour meltdown on benefits curbs: Starmer 'pressing ahead' with welfare reforms despite facing defeat as more than 100 MPs sign fatal amendment

Some 108 Labour MPs have signed a 'reasoned' amendment that would effectively kill off the legislation in a Commons vote on July 1.

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19 h. ago Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer

After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox

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19 h. ago 'No escaping' welfare reforms, says Starmer close ally as more than 100 Labour MPs threaten major revolt

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden defended proposed welfare cuts as a ‘good package’ which would protect people unable to work while making the benefits system sustainable

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer faces DEFEAT on benefits curbs as more than 100 Labour MPs sign fatal amendment

Some 108 Labour MPs have signed a 'reasoned' amendment that would effectively kill off the legislation in a Commons vote on July 1.

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21 h. ago Over 100 rebel Labour MPs launch bid to block welfare cuts as Keir Starmer faces crisis

More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a major amendment that blocks the Government's PIP and Universal Credit welfare reforms - but a minister today said the move is not sensible

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31 h. ago Over 100 rebel Labour MPs seek to stop Starmer’s welfare reforms

Opponents of government’s bill that would cut benefits want to pressure ministers into making changes

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4 d. ago Senior Labour MP quits her post over planned DWP benefits cuts

Sir Keir Starmer has faced a backlash from some Labour MPs over proposals to reform the welfare system

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9 d. ago Starmer’s PIP disability cuts could see claimants lose £10,000 a year, MPs warn

More than 100 Labour MPs could vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts

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1 week ago Ministers on ‘resignation watch list’ over benefit cuts, Harman reveals

There are fears more than 100 Labour MPs could rebel against the welfare cuts

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1 week ago Spending Review LIVE: Keir Starmer faces PMQs before Rachel Reeves sets out spending plans

There are fears the Chancellor’s Spending Review will see London miss out on key funding

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1 week ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs ahead of Rachel Reeves spending review

Watch live as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions ahead of Rachel Reeves’ much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June).

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2 w. ago ‘Lots of bumps in the road’: Keir Starmer faces testing month before one

From spending review to China audit to assisted dying vote, June’s events have potential to lift or darken Labour moodAs Keir Starmer approaches his first anniversary in Downing Street, there will be several things he wishes he had done differently. But before he can contemplate that July milestone, he faces a busy month strewn with political bear traps.June has proven a difficult time for successive prime ministers: Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all had to contend with deeply unhappy parliamentary parties reeling from heavy local and European election losses. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after Reeves vows winter fuel U

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 June), days after unveiling the UK's defence strategy for the next decade.

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