Watch ITV’s Wednesday News at Ten- where Keir Starmer suspends four welfare rebels

The prime minister has withdrawn the whip from four Labour MPs who voted against the government’s welfare reforms.

The Labour leader has suspended Rachael Maskell, Brian Leishman, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Chris Hinchliff.

All four were part of a wider 47-strong rebellion earlier this month.
Leishman, Duncan-Jordan, and Hinchliff were first elected at last year’s election. Rachael Maskell has been the MP for York since 2015.

As well as the four suspended MPs, ITV News understands three MPs, Dr Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin, have all had their roles as trade envoys removed.