TORY leader Kemi Badenoch will attempt to inflict a humiliating defeat on Sir Keir Starmer by ordering her MPs to vote against the sickness welfare cuts.

The Conservatives will team up with Labour rebels in a bid to defeat the package, which is expected to shave £5billion off the bloated benefits bill.

Around 100 Labour MPs have signed a letter to Sir Keir warning that they will not support his cuts when the vote comes before Parliament later this month.

The PM has a working majority of 165, while the Tories have 120 MPs.

It means that if the Conservatives team up with a large band of Labour rebels they could inflict a defeat.

The Tories will oppose the plans on the basis that the cuts do not go far enough.

A government source said: “We could lose the vote if the Tories team up wit

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