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 amendment to scrap the welfare benefit by 363 votes to 103. Mr. McDonnell had said before the vote that he doesn’t “like voting for other parties’ amendments” but he “put country before party.” After she was informed about her suspension, Ms. Sultana said on social media platform X that she will “always stand up for the most vulnerable in our society.”...