Starmer is likely to scrape through the welfare bill vote, but this is no victory
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Sir Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a major rebellion over the Government's welfare Bill on Tuesday.
Even with those changes which have effectively halved savings to 2.5bn the prime minister appears to be looking at the prospect of between 20 and 50 Labour MPs voting against his welfare bill.
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