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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

Jess Phillips says MPs should expect fallout for ‘slagging off own government’

  • Keir Starmer suspended four Labour MPs, Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, and Chris Hinchliff, for persistent breaches of party discipline after they voted against the government’s benefits bill.
  • Home Office minister Jess Phillips commented on the suspensions, stating that MPs who were “slagging off [their] own government” should expect consequences.
  • Rachael Maskell, one of the suspended MPs, criticised Sir Keir’s decision, asserting he was wrong to carry out a purge of rebels and hoping for reflection within the party.
  • Sir Keir’s authority was further challenged when senior left-wing MP Diane Abbott reiterated her own controversial comments on racism that previously led to her suspension from the Labour Party.
  • Ms Abbott, who was readmitted to Labour in 2024, stated she has no regrets about her 2023 remarks, which differentiated between racism based on colour and other forms of racism.

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