{"id":262620,"date":"2025-07-17T15:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/you-have-to-act-as-a-team-government-defends-suspending-four-rebel-mps-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:04:46","slug":"you-have-to-act-as-a-team-government-defends-suspending-four-rebel-mps-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/you-have-to-act-as-a-team-government-defends-suspending-four-rebel-mps-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You have to act as a team&#8217;: Government defends suspending four rebel MPs | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/C4tjVd633NA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'You have to act as a team': Government defends suspending four rebel MPs | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C4tjVd633NA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has withdrawn the whip from four Labour MPs who voted against the government&#8217;s welfare reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader has suspended Rachael Maskell, Brian Leishman, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Chris Hinchliff.<\/p>\n<p>All four were part of a wider 47-strong rebellion earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Leishman, Duncan-Jordan, and Hinchliff were first elected at last year\u2019s election. Rachael Maskell has been the MP for York since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>All three MPs were among the 47 welfare rebels last month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Thursday morning, government minister Jess Phillips defended the PM and said &quot;we have to act as a team&quot; when asked about the four MPs&#8217; expulsion from the party.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The idea that somehow they care more about their constituents than others is something I would heavily push back on.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There were 40 Labour members of parliament who voted against the government on the welfare bill and only four people have lost the whip &#8211; it&#8217;s nothing to do with welfare.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;From what I can read, just like everyone else, is that there&#8217;s been a persistent problem of them speaking persistently against the government.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &quot;The idea that we can all just be going off and saying whatever we want &#8211; that&#8217;s not how you govern.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Phillips rebelled against the Labour Party when they were in opposition in 2023 over a vote on Gaza and Keir Starmer&#8217;s stance on a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Saying at the time it had been &quot;one of the toughest&quot; weeks in politics as she resigned her shadow cabinet role.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prime minister has withdrawn the whip from four Labour MPs who voted against the government&#8217;s welfare reforms. 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