Starmer's team ask Labour MPs to remove names from rebel amendment that could bring down welfare bill

Starmer’s six options to see off biggest rebellion of his career

The Telegraph examines how the PM can avoid an embarrassing defeat from his own backbenchers over the welfare Bill

Starmer's team ask Labour MPs to remove names from rebel amendment that could bring down welfare bill

Cabinet ministers have been calling Labour rebels unhappy with the government's welfare reforms ahead of a crunch vote next week. One MP says a cabinet minister warned them defeat will trigger a leadership contest.

More Labour MPs join benefit revolt despite ministers' appeals

More than 130 MPs have signed an amendment opposing the government's welfare reform legislation.

Starmer's team ask Labour MPs to remove names from rebel amendment tha

Cabinet ministers have been asking Labour MPs to take their name off a rebel amendment to the government’s controversial welfare bill, Sky News can reveal. In an attempt to quell the mounting rebellion of more than 100 MPs across all wings of the party, cabinet ministers were instructed to ring around the signatories of the amendment in a bid to get them to back the welfare cuts ahead of a planned vote next Tuesday. Politics latest: PM ‘very con…