Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs After Welfare Rebellion

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs—Rachael Maskell, Brian Leishman, Neil Duncan-Jordan, and Chris Hinchliff—for repeatedly defying party discipline, including voting against welfare reform legislation. The move follows a larger backbench revolt by 47 MPs earlier this month. In addition, Dr. Rosena Allin-Khan, Bell Ribeiro‑Addy, and Mohammed Yasin have been stripped of trade envoy roles. Starmer emphasized that party representatives must uphold the government’s agenda and warned dissenters that further breaches would have consequences.