The U-turn, including protecting personal independence payments (Pip) for existing claimants, comes after 126 MPs threatened to vote against the government.

By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sharply scaled back planned welfare cuts to quell a damaging rebellion by lawmakers in his governing Labour Party.

Sir Keir Starmer insisted "we can now get on with it" as he broke his silence over a humiliating disability benefit cuts u-turn. He described a massive rebellion by Labour MPs as "a constructive discussion" but failed to explain how the Government will pay for the climbdown,