Keir Starmer In 11th-Hour Welfare Climbdown In Bid To Avoid Commons Defeat

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a reception for public sector workers at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday July 1, 2025. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)Keir Starmer has made yet another U-turn on Labour’s flagship welfare reforms as the government desperately tries to avoid an embarrassing Commons defeat.The prime minister caved in to another key demand from rebel Labour MPs just two hours before the crunch vote.It came amid government fears that previous concessions to the rebels would not be enough to guarantee parliament would back Labour’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill.The initial plan had been to cut the health element of universal credit and make it harder for disabled people to claim PIP.More than 120 Labour MPs backed an amendment which would have killed off the changes, forcing the prime minister to announce that current recipients of the benefits would not lose out.In a further climbdown just 90 minutes before the Commons vote, disability minister Stephen Timms told MPs announced there will be no changes to PIP until after he has finished a review of the whole system.Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: “The government should stop tying themselves in endless knots and put this bill out of its misery.“This has been a mess from start to finish and it’s clear that this legislation is not fit for purpose. Ministers are asking MPs to vote on a bill on which the ink hasn’t dried before it is blotted out once again.“The government needs to go back to the drawing board and pull this bill.”

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