Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended three Labour MPs over breaching party discipline. The BBC understands Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff have had the party whip removed, meaning the MPs will sit as independents in the House of Commons.

Labour suspended a number of its members of Parliament for breaking party discipline following a large-scale rebellion over welfare cuts earlier this month.

SIR Keir Starmer has suspended three Labour MPs in a brutal crackdown on what insiders blasted as “persistent kn*bheadery”. The PM swung the axe just days before MPs break for the summer, in a