Labour is facing a rebellion against its welfare Bill as opponents launch an amendment to stop the cuts from progressing ...

Vicky Foxcroft resigned as a Labour whip due to proposed disability benefits cuts, highlighting a potential internal party ...

If Keir Starmer wasn’t already aware of the strength of feeling among Labour MPs at the government’s plan to slash the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been left bracing for a huge backbench rebellion over his plan to cut Britain's ballooning benefits bill by £5billion. Almost 100 Labour MPs are believed to have signed an ...

The prime minister has faced a backlash from some Labour MPs over proposals to reform the welfare system, expected to save up to £5 billion a year. Party whips warned backbenchers they would be ...

The prime minister has faced a backlash from some Labour MPs over proposals to reform the welfare system, expected to save up to £5 billion a year. Party whips warned backbenchers they would be ruled ...

A Labour whip has quit over the Government’s welfare ... tipped Ms Foxcroft’s resignation to send reverberations around her party. She told The Telegraph: “I think it is a very significant ...

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip in protest against Sir Keir ... leadership amid growing concern from within the party over its handling of benefit reform.

More than 100 Labour MPs have already expressed concerns about the bill although it is not clear how many will defy the whips — or party enforcers — and vote against the government.

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip over the party’s welfare proposals, saying that she could not vote “for reforms which include cuts to disabled people’s finances”.