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COMMENT: It took the intervention of the deputy prime minister to persuade the prime minister that the game was up – now some Labour MPs are wondering if she’ll replace him, writes John Rentoul

The government’s landmark bill on welfare reform passed by 335 to 260 votes on Tuesday evening, after staving off a major rebellion from Labour MPs. To win over backbench MPs who had opposed the bill, the government made a series of concessions, including a last-minute compromise agreeing that any changes…

MPs have voted to allow the Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to advance to the next stage in becoming law.

PM suffers largest rebellion of his premiership despite a climbdown in which he abandoned a key pillar of the reforms

In total, 44 Labour MPs voted for an amendment to scrap the controversial legislation

Tumultuous 24 hours capped by last-minute climbdown on cuts to Pips could define rest of Starmer’s time as PM

Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.

Rebel Labour MPs finally won over by late promise to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments

THE Commons descended into “chaos” just before a major vote on benefits cuts as Keir Starmer performed a screeching U-turn by shelving the most…