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Four Labour MPs who rebelled against the Government in a vote on the two-child benefit cap have had the whip restored – but three others will remain sitting as Independents. Richard Burgon, Ian ...
Corbyn himself resisted that pressure for a long time. As a lifelong opponent of EU membership, he tried to keep alive the case for a “Labour” Brexit in a party that was strongly pro-EU ...
Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to challenge Donald Trump over his plans to turn Gaza into his latest real estate project.. It comes as 50 Labour MPs wrote to him demanding he takes a ...
Labour MPs again abstained. [126] 26 September 2019: A motion to recess Parliament during the Conservative Party Conference, after the prorogation of Parliament was declared void, was defeated 289–306. [127] This was the first time that a major UK-wide party had failed to win a recess for party conference season. [128]
The benefit cap is a UK welfare policy that limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. It was introduced by the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2013 [2] as part of the coalition government's wide-reaching welfare reform agenda which included the introduction of Universal Credit and reforms of housing benefit and disability benefits.
He was known for his rebellious stance amongst Labour MPs, and has been described as a "rebellion prone left-wing economist" by Andrew Roth in The Guardian. [ 8 ] In the fiscal year of 2007–08, Hopkins' total expenses claims amounted to £121,809, of which his second home allowance was £1,242. [ 9 ]
Boris Johnson ordered his MPs to abstain, saying Labour was 'pulling a political stunt'. All but one Tory MP refused to vote on free school meals Skip to main content
This is a list of United Kingdom Labour and Co-operative Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the British House of Commons representing the Co-operative Party from 1918 to 1927, and Labour and Co-operative Party since 1927. Members of the Scottish Parliament or the Senedd are not listed.