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.

The British action comes as Ukraine and the US are set to hold talks on ending Vladimir Putin’s three-year war

The UK is achieving the role Brexiters said it would have - a leading voice in Europe while still outside the EU. But Keir Starmer must back his rhetoric on Russia with action.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host a virtual meeting of world leaders to discuss Ukraine on Saturday, building on a summit in London this month when the British leader announced the formation of a "coalition of the willing" to support Kyiv.