Labour frontbenchers resign to back calls for ceasefire in Gaza

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A wave of Labour frontbenchers including Jess Phillips have resigned in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Afzal Khan, Yasmin Qureshi, Paula Barker and Naz Shah are among the nine shadow junior ministers that have defied party orders to abstain from the vote.

The MPs say Sir Keir Starmer's calls for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war don't go far enough.

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