Starmer’s Welfare U-Turn Reveals Weakness Amid Fiscal Recklessness

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been forced into yet another humiliating retreat over his government’s welfare reform agenda. The once confident center-left leader bowed to intense pressure from within his own Labour Party, watering down critical plans to tighten eligibility for disability benefits. This capitulation highlights a troubling pattern of indecision and weakness at the heart of Starmer’s administration — a government caught between its rhetoric of fiscal responsibility and the demands of a restless political base. The original proposals would have tightened access to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), potentially saving £5 billion annually by removing benefits from...