Battered by Labour MPs, Keir Starmer is on the ropes after the government’s humiliating climbdown on welfare reform.
One black eye came last week when ministers exempted existing claimants from cuts to the personal independence payment (PIP). Last night, Starmer suffered a bloody nose when he had to shelve changes to PIP to prevent the legislation being defeated. The government’s planned savings of £5bn have been reduced to nothing.
