Keir Starmer forced into dramatic climbdown to pass welfare reform bill
by Pippa Crerar Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker from World news | The Guardian on (#6YBYS)
Rebel Labour MP finally won over by late promise to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments
Keir Starmer has been forced to abandon the central plank of his welfare bill to get it past its first Commons hurdle, with a dramatic climbdown that meant he had to drop disability benefit cuts to avert a major Labour rebellion.
After a week of chaos that has left the prime minister's political authority badly damaged, Labour MPs were finally won over by a commitment to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments (Pip).
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