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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin,Andy Gregory and Matt Mathers

Blow for Starmer as 10 frontbenchers quit or are sacked amid mass rebellion over his Gaza ceasefire stance

Reuters

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major blow to his authority after Labour MPs staged a mass rebellion over his stance on a ceasefire in Gaza.

A total of eight members of the Labour leader’s frontbench resigned or were sacked as more than a quarter of his MPs defied him to support an immediate cessation in the fighting.

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