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Caitlin Doherty

Starmer criticised over action against Labour rebels

Sir Keir Starmer stripped four MPs of the Labour whip (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer was wrong to carry out a purge of persistent rebels, one of the MPs stripped of the Labour whip said.

Rachael Maskell, who spearheaded plans to halt the Government’s welfare reforms, had the whip suspended alongside Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff.

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