'Reset' call as Labour MPs take aim at No.10

LABOUR MPs have called for a reset in relations with Downing Street as the fallout from the welfare rebellion threatens to cause lasting damage.

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A late-night climbdown on welfare cuts from Number 10 may have seen off the threat of Sir Keir Starmer’s first major Commons defeat, with rebels suggesting they now expect the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to pass its first hurdle on July 1.

But a number of Labour backbenchers expressed deeper frustration with how Downing Street has handled its back-benchers since last year’s election.

One warned that discontent and low morale among MPs would “continue to fester” without a “wider reset” in relations between Number 10 and the Parliamentary Labour Party after “a year of poor party management”.