Labour suspends seven rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap

Starmer routs UK Labour “left” over vote on two-child benefit cap

Tuesday’s vote has underscored not only the authoritarian character of the UK’s Labour government. It has confirmed the bankruptcy of all claims made by Jeremy Corbyn and his allies that the party can be pushed to the left.

Wycombe and Aylesbury Labour MPs vote down bid to scrap Tories’ two-child benefit cap

Wycombe and Aylesbury’s new Labour MPs have voted against a bid to scrap the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap.

Anatomy of a rebellion: why Keir Starmer’s first brush with parliamentary revolt over two-child benefit cap is a symbolic moment

Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-NDFollowing the state opening of parliament, the House of Commons has been debating the contents of the king’s speech (referred to as the debate on the address). This unfolds over the course of several days and is effectively a debate on the new Labour government’s legislative agenda for the next 12 months. During the final votes in this debate, prime minister Keir Starmer suffered his first rebellion as several of…

Labour Suspends 7 MPs Over 2-Child Benefit Cap Rebellion

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended seven Labour MPs after they rebelled against the government by backing a motion to abolish the two-child benefit cap. Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell, ex-Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, and Zarah Sultana had their whip suspended for six months. In the first Commons rebellion for Labour, the government on Tuesday defeated an SNP-led a…

Have your say on whether two-child benefit cap should be scrapped

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana voted for an SNP amendment to remove the cap - and has been suspended from the Labour Party

Labour MP claims UK and Scots parties have 'absolutely identical' stance on two-child benefit cap

Blair McDougall said there was no difference in stance despite Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar wanted to scrap the cap and Prime Minister Keir Starmer refusing to do so.