British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won a vote on his welfare plans on Tuesday at significant political cost as he suffered the biggest parliamentary rebellion of his premiership and was forced to back down on key parts of the package.

Keir Starmer faces crunch vote on welfare spending after watering down planned cuts to disability benefits. The United Kingdom’s Labour government hopes to limit a rebellion over welfare reform from its own politicians in a key vote in Parliament, just days after attempting to win them over with concessions.

The first minister says the UK government has "preyed" on vulnerable claimants after a dramatic Commons U-turn.