Sir Keir Starmer insisted that he would plough on with the government's proposed welfare reforms. For Labour MPs, that only made things worse. Today's task for the prime minister and his team: make things better.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves could be forced into a major U-turn over proposed DWP and PIP cuts. Sources inside Downing Street indicate that concessions will be made to Labour rebels over the proposed cuts to disability welfare.

Labour party opponents of the UK government’s £5 billion ($6.8 billion) cut to disability benefits have secured enough support to block the plan, setting up a high-stakes test of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership less than a year into office.