Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to "press ahead" with the government's planned welfare changes, despite a growing rebellion from Labour backbench MPs.More than 120 Labour MPs have signed up to an effort to block plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits payments to save £5bn a year by 2030.

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.

Speaking in The Hague, where he is attending a Nato summit, Sir Keir also dismissed the suggestion that the vote on his welfare Bill set for July 1 was a confidence matter. He told Sky News: “It’s not a confidence vote. It’s a vote about reforming our welfare system.