The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

Forty five Labour MPs voted against the Government's stripped-down welfare Bill - with backbencher Rachael Maskell branding ...

Sir Keir Starmer faces another Labour rebellion on Wednesday over his remaining welfare cuts. More than two dozen of the ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won a vote on his welfare plans on Tuesday at significant political cost as he suffered ...

Keir Starmer is facing the largest Labour rebellion of his time as prime minister as he tries to force through controversial ...

Even after the welfare rebellion, it is too soon to write off Keir Starmer - THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour’s messy ...

Sir Keir Starmer continues to face the prospect of a major rebellion over his welfare cuts despite making concessions to ...

The figures of yesterday’s parliamentary vote on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill speak to two ...

Faced with a growing Labour rebellion against welfare cuts, Keir Starmer has one least-worst option left - COMMENT: The prime minister has belatedly been making the case for benefit reform and changes ...

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to press on with his controversial welfare reforms, despite a growing number of Labour MPs threatening to rebel. Overall, 134 MPs are now backing an amendment that would ...

Sir Keir Starmer has long been up for fights with his party. But with controversy around every corner, who are the tribes in the party in 2025, and might they fight back?

But Keir Starmer’s government looked anything but stable this week. His authority as prime minister has been badly dented by his spectacular climbdown over £5bn of welfare cuts .