
Sir Keir Starmer is continuing to grapple with divisions over his stance on the Hamas-Israel conflict, after 11 councillors left Labour over the party leadership’s refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Burnley’s council leader Afrasiab Anwar and 10 other councillors quit Labour on Sunday, describing their memberships as “untenable” given Sir Keir’s refusal to go beyond his call for “humanitarian pauses” amid the escalating conflict.