Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs for persistent breaches of party discipline, it has emerged.

The prime minister decided to lay down the law after dozens of his own backbenchers rebelled against the government’s welfare cuts.

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff have all had the Labour whip withdrawn.

Government sources confirmed to HuffPost UK that there is “one more to come” following a meeting with senior party officials this afternoon.

It is understood the action is being targeted against Labour MPs judged to have been “actively organising against the government”, and not based solely on their voting record.

The dramatic move came after the final prime minister’s questions before MPs leave Westminster for the summer........

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