Wave of Labour frontbenchers resign to back calls for ceasefire in Gaza

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A wave of Labour frontbenchers, including senior MP Jess Phillips, have resigned in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer's authority.

Afzal Khan, Yasmin Qureshi, Paula Barker and Naz Shah are among the eight shadow junior ministers who quit in order to defy party orders to abstain from the vote.

MPs voted 293 to 125, majority 168, to reject the SNP's King's Speech amendment calling for "all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.

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