A minister refused to say how the Government will pay for its climbdown on its flagship welfare Bill.
Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, said Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, would set out the “whole of the fiscal position” at the autumn Budget.
Sir Keir Starmer caved in to Labour welfare rebels by agreeing that existing disability claimants can keep their benefits.
The Prime Minister has agreed that nobody currently receiving the personal independence payment (PIP) will lose out, with tighter eligibility rules now only going to apply to new claimants.
It will cost the Treasury approximately £1.5 billion a year by the end of the decade, blowing a huge hole in the Government’s original plan to reduce welfare spending by £5 billion.
