38 m. ago Illegal work crackdown: London businesses fined £1m a month as latest raids reveal workers in UK for 16 years

During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer said the rollout of eVisas would help tackle illegal working

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59 m. ago PM Keir Starmer suspends MPs over 'persistent k***headery' in brutal warning to rebels

At least three Labour MPs have been suspended from the parliamentary party in a political bloodbath, with one Labour source accusing them of "persistent k***headery"

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64 m. ago Keir Starmer removes Labour whip from four ‘persistent rebel’ MPs

Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff pushed out and three trade envoys lose rolesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has removed the Labour whip from four MPs for repeatedly breaching discipline and stripped three further Labour MPs of their trade envoy roles in an effort to assert his control over the party.The Guardian understands that the four MPs who have lost the whip are Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff. They were informed on Wednesday afternoon and told their positions would be kept under review. Continue reading...

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79 m. ago Starmer kicks out Labour's welfare rebels: PM sets up major clash with party as hardline anti

Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan, who have all been in the Commons less than a year, are reported to have been disciplined for 'persistent breaches of party discipline'.

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88 m. ago Keir Starmer suspends four Labour MPs over 'persistent breaches of party discipline'

At least four Labour MPs have been stripped of the Labour party whip over ‘persistent breaches of party discipline’

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93 m. ago Brian Leishman: Scottish MP among three suspended by Starmer over 'persistent breaches of party discipline'

All three voted against the Government’s planned welfare reforms earlier this month.

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93 m. ago Voices: Smiling Starmer steals PMQs victory as Badenoch misses her mark

In their last clash before the summer recess, the Tory leader struggled to expose Labour's record, writes John Rentoul

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer to remove Labour whip from at least four ‘persistent rebel’ MPs

Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff to be pushed out as PM takes actionUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is to remove the whip from MPs for persistent rebellions, starting with at least four of them on Wednesday afternoon.The Guardian understands that four MPs set to lose the whip are Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, and Chris Hinchliff. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer suspends Labour rebels after repeated backbench revolts

Labour prime minister seeks to reassert his authority

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2 h. ago Three Labour MPs suspended by the party for 'persistent' defiance of Keir Starmer as PM turns on backbench welfare rebels

Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan, who have all been in the Commons less than a year, are reported to have been disciplined for 'persistent breaches of party discipline'.

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2 h. ago BREAKING: Keir Starmer suspends 'at least three Labour MPs over discipline breaches'

Keir Starmer has reportedly suspended three Labour MPs over 'persistent breaches of party discipline' - We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story

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2 h. ago Labour MPs suspended by Keir Starmer over 'persistent breaches of party discipline'

At least three Labour MPs are reportedly being stripped of the Labour party whip over ‘persistent breaches of party discipline’

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer to remove Labour whip from at least three ‘persistent rebel’ MPs

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff to be pushed out as PM takes actionKeir Starmer is to remove the whip from MPs for persistent rebellions, starting with at least three of them on Wednesday afternoon.The Guardian understands that one of the MPs who has had the whip removed is Neil Duncan-Jordan, the MP for Poole, who was a critic of both the welfare bill and cuts to the winter fuel allowance. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Sadiq Khan goes to war with Keir Starmer over foreign student clampdown with London mayor telling PM UK should keep universities 'open'

The London mayor used a visit to Ghana to say UK universities should remain 'open' to overseas students, after a new immigration clampdown was announced in May.

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3 h. ago John Swinney: It’s in Scotland’s interest I meet Donald Trump

The First Minister said there would be an opportunity to discuss tariffs, Gaza and Ukraine with the US president.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer says Tory ministers have 'questions' to answer on data leak and secret route to UK for Afghans

At Prime Minister’s Questions, he sought to blame the previous Government for the data blunder which was kept quiet with a super injunction

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3 h. ago Rather be on holiday already? Starmer is flanked by glum ministers at last PMQs before summer break as he dodges on fears of MORE tax hikes

Flanked by glum ministers including Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, Keir Starmer was pressed to spell out who will be protected from efforts to fill an estimated £30billion hole in the public finances.

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4 h. ago Starmer pressed over UK sanctions against Israel for war crimes targeting Palestinian children

Sir Keir Starmer has been grilled by a Labour MP over whether the government will impose sanctions on Israel to “stop the genocide”.

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4 h. ago Labour ‘only just getting started’ says Starmer as he faces ‘tax raid’ questions

The Prime Minister told the Commons that Labour MPs will ‘happily’ face their constituents during the summer recess, which begins next week.

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4 h. ago Starmer says Labour ‘inherited Tories’ failings’ from Afghan data leak, must answer ‘serious questions’

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the Conservatives have “serious questions to answer” over the Afghan data breach that put nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

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