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

On the streets below, the high-pitched whistles of police motorcycle outriders signalled yet another halt to the traffic for ...

Keir Starmer’s landslide UK general election win last July delivered to the House of Commons what was supposed to be a ...

More than one in four Labour MPs publicly signed an amendment which would have brought down the Government’s flagship social ...

For Labour backbenchers, the welfare rebellion was a triumph: with the growing possibility of this being a one-term ...

Sir Keir Starmer's approval rating of minus-39 is a staggering 83 points behind where Sir Tony was at the same stage.

Keir Starmer has sparked fears of tax rises are expected in the Autumn Budget after making changes to his welfare bill.

In a letter to MPs, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said personal independence payments would be protected. | ITV ...

The turnaround comes just before Starmer marks the first anniversary of what has been a rocky return to power for Labour after 14 years in opposition to the Conservatives.

Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turns on benefit cuts and winter fuel payments have blown a £4.5bn hole in the public finances that will “very likely” be filled by tax rises in the autumn Budget, leading ...