Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say commentators

Keir Starmer sparks 'two-tier' benefits system row with major U-turn on welfare cuts - The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be more than £5,

Keir Starmer will mark his first year in office in eight days’ time. With a majority of 165, he should be master of all he surveys, able to dictate the course of both his government and the country. But the prime minister’s humiliating climbdown on his flagship plan to cut the welfare budget shows his authority is now in tatters.