British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given way to political pressure and watered down planned welfare reforms to avert defeat by his own party’s lawmakers

Keir Starmer sparks 'two-tier' benefits system row with major U-turn on welfare cuts - The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be more than £5,

The prime minister is contacting rebel Labour MPs urging them to back the government in next week's crunch vote.