Starmer vows to press on with controversial vote despite dissent from 120 MPs - 120 rebels from PM’s own party threaten to rebel against welfare bill

Labour party opponents of the UK government’s £5 billion ($6.8 billion) cut to disability benefits have secured enough support to block the plan, setting up a high-stakes test of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership less than a year into office.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for G7, Ukraine and NATO Working Breakfast Session V, during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Pool/ File Photo LONDON (Reuters) -More than 100 British Labour lawmakers have supported a move to try to block Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government from changing the welfare system,