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The prime minister described the benefits system as "broken" a day after he was forced to U-turn on plans for reforms.
After the PM's efforts to mend relations with many on Labour's left, plenty are still unhappy.
The prime minister has made concessions on his welfare bill after an angry response from 120 of his own MPs.
Plans to help those affected by benefits cuts into work are not "properly considered", officials tell the BBC.
The PM says he "had no idea" the language echoed Enoch Powell's 1968 speech about immigration.
The changes could cost up to £3bn which will have to come from higher taxes or cuts elsewhere, given the chancellor's self-imposed borrowing rules.
More than 4,000 Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa to Australia.
As the PM marks a year in office next week - which he will spend grappling with crises - British politics finds itself at an inflection point
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason gives his analysis of what the climbdown over the welfare bill means for the prime minister.