How Starmer surrendered to Labour MPs over crunch welfare vote

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a devastating hit to his authority whilst a £5bn spending headache looms for Rachel Reeves following the government’s u-turn to avoid a catastrophic defeat of its welfare bill. Just days away from his one year anniversary in Downing Street, the PM faced the most substantial backbench rebellion of his premiership so far, despite scrapping reforms to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs). On Tuesday night, a heavily watered-down bill passed with 335 votes in favour, with dozens of Labour MPs defying the party leadership. Read more about the story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/starmer-authority-shattered-as-reeves-faces-5bn-headache/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Matt Kenyon, Scarlett Wild #uk #news #politics #politicalnews #opinion #labourparty #labour #keirstarmer #rachelreeves #economy #economics #business #businessnews #finance #financialnews #personalfinance #tax #money #welfare #benefits #pip #health #healthcare #wellness #disability