Sir Keir has now performed a hat-trick of U-turns.  On winter fuel payments, on a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs – and on welfare.

Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn.

More than one in four Labour MPs publicly signed an amendment which would have brought down the Government’s flagship social ...

It can take strength and wisdom for politicians to change their minds, but too many about-turns suggests weakness and a lack of judgment ...

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For Labour backbenchers, the welfare rebellion was a triumph: with the growing possibility of this being a one-term ...

Disability benefits cuts are supposed to drive people into work but as many as 121 people could be chasing one job, new ...

Natasha Muzembe, 29, from west London, said she was "very, very, very surprised" when Labour announced its welfare reforms ...

Experts warned the £4.25billion black hole in the public finances caused by the backsliding will probably force Chancellor ...

Experts warned the £4.25billion black hole in the public finances caused by the backsliding will probably force Chancellor ...

The Government is boxed in from this week's events - and lacks the Houdini skills to escape, says the BBC's Faisal Islam ...