Labour suspends seven rebel MPs over two-child benefit cap

Shedding the whip means the MPs are suspended from the parliamentary social gathering and can now sit as impartial MPs.

Almost the entire rebels have been allies of the previous Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an impartial MP and put his identify to the SNP movement.

Ms Sultana advised BBC Radio 4’s At present programme she had not been knowledgeable she would lose the whip if she voted for the modification.

Nevertheless, she mentioned this might not have modified her determination.

The MP for Coventry South rejected the argument there was not the cash to fund scrapping the cap, saying measures corresponding to a wealth tax could possibly be launched.

“That is about political will,” she added.

Mr Burgon mentioned he was “upset” by the choice to droop him, explaining that “many struggling households” in his Leeds East constituency had raised the cap with him.

Ms Begum mentioned she had voted towards the cap as a result of it had “contributed to rising and deepening ranges of kid poverty and meals insecurity for a lot of East Finish households”.

Mr Byrne, in the meantime, mentioned the “finest method” to assist his Liverpool West Derby constituents dwelling in poverty was to scrap the cap.

Earlier than the vote, Mr McDonnell mentioned: “I do not like voting for different events’ amendments, however I am following Keir Starmer’s instance as he mentioned put nation earlier than social gathering.”