All of a sudden, this is a grave crisis for Sir Keir Starmer, perhaps the gravest of his year in Downing Street so far.Politically, it looks very hard for the government to proceed with its flagship welfare policies.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to press ahead with welfare cuts after more than 120 Labour MPs publicly opposed the move, threatening to deal a major blow to the UK prime minister’s reform programme.

By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper THE HAGUE/LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Tuesday to press on with his reforms to the welfare system despite opposition by more than 100 of his lawmakers who are threatening a major rebellion over the changes.