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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to suspend several Labour MPs on Wednesday afternoon following this month’s large-scale rebellion over welfare cuts.
The intervention is a dramatic attempt to restore party discipline ahead of the summer recess after Starmer’s government was forced to drop plans to cut £5bn from the welfare bill by slashing payments to disabled people.
One Labour veteran said party whips were targeting those who were “the main organisers and spokespeople urging the government to change direction” on welfare reform, adding: “The executions are continuing.”
The Labour party refused to comment on reports about the impending suspensions on Wednesday.
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