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Starmer is likely to scrape through the welfare bill vote, but he cannot consider this a victory

Keir Starmer is likely to have the numbers to get his legislation on welfare to pass its first hurdle today, writes David Maddox, but the concessions he has been forced to make show he’s rapidly losing control

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