UK PM Starmer gets watered-down welfare bill passed amid Labour uprising | Politics News

Despite massive majority, Starmer could not get party fully behind signature legislation to pare down spending.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won a key vote in Parliament on a signature plan to overhaul the country’s welfare system.

But the 335 to 260 House of Commons victory on Tuesday largely rang hollow, with Starmer forced to soften his promised cuts amid pushback from members of his own Labour Party, in what could represent a crisis for his leadership.

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