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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi and Nicholas Cecil

Labour downplays Gaza vote as 15 London MPs join revolt against Keir Starmer

The Labour party on Thursday played down its divisions over Gaza after 15 London MPs joined a significant rebellion against Sir Keir Starmer and backed a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter and the high-profile Jess Phillips were among eight front benchers who quit Sir Keir’s ministerial team, after they supported an SNP motion demanding the ceasefire in a Commons vote late on Wednesday.

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