Keir Starmer is under pressure from Labour MPs to protect welfare spending.

The Labour government is backing higher welfare spending projections for the next five years, with plans to partially lift the two-child benefit cap set to add to the strain on public finances.

An official statement from the government confirmed that the government would ditch planned savings to disability payments, which are formally known as personal independence payments (Pips).

Welfare minister Stephen Timms is conducting a review of Pips, which had been expected to identify savings in the wider system and allow for the government to make extensive savings.

Reducing the level of benefits offered to Brits could also adjust incentives for people to work, the government previously argued.

The review was seen

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