Starmer suspends Labour MPs for discipline breaches
Wednesday, 16 July 2025 () BBC Local News: Dorset -- Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell all voted against welfare reforms.
Jess Phillips has said the suspended Labour MPs ''persistently undermined the government.'' The four MPs all voted against the government over the welfare reform legislation, but the safeguarding minister said the decision to suspend the whip was taken as a result of persistent breaches of discipline...
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