DAVID CAMERON’S government was defeated in the Commons for the first time yesterday over plans to wreck Britain’s “social fabric” and workers’ weekends by turning Sundays into another shopping bonanza.

A rebellion of more than 20 Tories helped scupper a plan to let councils set Sunday opening hours — which was not in the party’s manifesto. An amendment to remove the plan from the Enterprise Bill was won by a thumping 317 to 286 votes.

“I warned the government that unless they pulled their plans then they would face a public and humiliating defeat on the floor of the House of Commons,” said Labour shadow business secretary Angla Eagle.