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Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide to the day in British politics.

It’s judgement day for the government’s welfare bill and it’s unclear from all sides whether the legislation will pass, despite billions of pounds worth of concessions from the prime minister to win over his backbench MPs.

The bill could lead to Sir Keir Starmer’s largest rebellion so far, exactly one year on from the day that he came into power – leaving questions about his credibility and authority to govern.



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