Rebel Labour MP finally won over by late promise to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments
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Keir Starmer has been forced to abandon the central plank of his welfare bill to get it past its first Commons hurdle, with a dramatic climbdown that meant he had to drop disability benefit cuts to avert a major Labour rebellion.
After a week of chaos that has left the prime minister’s political authority badly damaged, Labour MPs were finally won over by a commitment to shelve plans for deep cuts to personal independence payments (Pip).
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