Daily SumUp

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended four MPs from Labour over repeated breaches of party discipline.

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell have had the party whip removed, meaning the MPs will sit as independents in the House of Commons.

Three other Labour MPs - Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin - have been stripped of their trade envoy roles.

It comes after all four of the suspended MPs and the former trade envoys voted against the government's welfare reform bill earlier this month.

In all, 47 Labour MPs rebelled against the government's proposed cuts to welfare and forced ministers to water down their plans.