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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended four MPs from Labour over repeated breaches of party discipline. Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell have had the ...
Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Rachael Maskell will now sit as independent MPs after losing the whip ...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is navigating a growing rift between financial market demands and political pressures within his own Labour Party, following a turbulent week that rattled investors ...
Keir Starmer is facing the largest Labour rebellion of his time as prime minister as he tries to force through controversial welfare cuts. Dozens of his own backbenchers are set to defy him to ...
A big chunk of Conservative support — and some of Labour’s — shifted in this spring's local elections to Reform U.K., a hard-right party led by veteran political pressure-cooker Nigel Farage.
Sir Keir Starmer has warned backbench Labour MPs against future rebellions as he seeks to restamp his authority on the party after a series of setbacks. The prime minister suffered the biggest ...
Four Labour MPs have been suspended from the parliamentary party after repeatedly voting against the government on issues including welfare. The move comes after a vote in Parliament earlier this ...
Britain's Labour Party suspended four of its lawmakers on Wednesday for organising plans to vote against the government over its welfare reforms, an attempt by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to re ...
WITH the shock suspension of four Labour welfare cut rebels swiftly followed by the dramatic re-suspension of the Mother of ...
That was over House of Lords reform in 2012. But they are all dwarfed by the largest backbench rebellion of any governing party since the Corn Laws, when 139 MPs voted against the Iraq war in 2003.
Tonight's expected rebellion by backbench Labour MPs could be the first of many as Keir Starmer struggles to keep control of his party in power. The government was forced into a U-turn on the ...
A big chunk of Conservative support — and some of Labour's — shifted in this spring's local elections to Reform U.K., a hard-right party led by veteran political pressure-cooker Nigel Farage.