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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Kate Devlin

Keir Starmer accused of losing control of his party after failing to suspend sleaze vote rebels

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of losing control of his party after failing to suspend more than a dozen Labour rebels who backed a sleaze investigation into the prime minister.

The Labour leader had ordered his MPs to vote down an inquiry into claims he misled parliament over the scandal of Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting that has threatened to end his premiership.

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