PM shoulders blame for welfare fiasco and says No 10 ‘didn’t get process right’

Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel Reeves

Keir Starmer has admitted No 10 didn't get the process right" in handling the government's controversial welfare bill this week and says he shoulders the blame.

Looking to repair some of the damage done by Labour's 11th hour climbdown on the central plank of its welfare changes, Starmer said the government would reflect on its mistakes.