No 10 backs Reeves after tearful Commons appearance
Rachel Reeves was visibly upset as Keir Starmer came under attack from Kemi Badenoch over welfare bill U-turn....
Humiliation for Starmer as he loses control of Commons
The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason and chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman on the welfare bill....
Small boat crossings in first half of year up 48%
Official figures show nearly 20,000 people have crossed the English Channel from France since January....
Government makes big concessions to win welfare vote
MPs approved the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill but only after ministers made big changes....
MPs to vote on welfare bill as Labour unrest continues
The House of Commons will vote on the bill this evening as some MPs call for further changes....
What has been driving the rise in disability benefit claims?
The government has confirmed details of its scaled-back plan to reform some benefits....
Chris Mason: Labour still has a big persuasion job ahead
Ministers hope a partial U-turn will win over Labour rebels when MPs vote on welfare changes later....
Labour MPs press Kendall on rollout of benefit changes
The government was forced into concessions on its welfare plan following a backlash among its own MPs....
Starmer criticises ‘appalling’ Bob Vylan IDF chants
The prime minister describes the punk duo’s Glastonbury chants calling for death to Israel’s military as “hate speech”....
Covid inquiry hears of care home ‘slaughter’
Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died....