<h1>Prime Minister retreats on disability benefit cuts after facing rebellion from 120 party lawmakers</h1> The UK Prime Minister scaled back planned welfare reforms after facing rebellion from over 120 party lawmakers. The original proposal would have tightened disability benefit eligibility, removing Personal Independence Payment from hundreds of thousands with long-term health conditions, saving an estimated 5 billion pounds annually. Opposition within the ruling party threatened to defeat the bill, potentially damaging the leader's authority. To avoid this, the government guaranteed current benefit recipients would retain their payments. This represents another policy reversal for the centre-left government, which has struggled with declining popularity amid economic challenges and has previously abandoned plans for heating subsidies and faced pressure on other issues.