Every Labour MP has been sent a letter by the Green Party urging them to rebel against plans to slash around £6billion from the welfare bill ahead of an announcement next week

Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP Steve Witherden suggests wealth tax as a way to ease public finances.

Sir Keir Starmer has seemingly been forced to delay his plan to cut benefits after being spooked by a potential Labour rebellion. As many as 80 Labour MPs were preparing to defy the Prime Minister over his plan to overhaul Britain's "spiralling" welfare system.

Sir Keir Starmer has warned Labour MPs that the Government could not “shrug our shoulders and look away” from problems in the welfare system and elsewhere amid backbench concerns over expected reforms.