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In a letter to MPs, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said personal independence payments would be protected

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Sir Keir Starmer has caved to a Labour rebellion and offered major concessions to his backbenchers on his planned benefit cuts.

In a screeching £1.5bn U-turn, people currently receiving personal independence payment (PIP) will be protected in a move the prime minister hopes will spare him a humiliating defeat on Tuesday.