Starmer Faces Backlash After Suspending Labour MPs Over Benefit Cap Rebellion

Seven MPs lose the whip for defying party leadership on controversial two-child benefit cap, igniting internal party tensions.

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer suspended seven Labour MPs for voting against the two-child benefit cap.
• The MPs' rebellion has sparked accusations of 'authoritarian control-freakery' against Starmer.
• Suspended MPs argue that the benefit cap drives child poverty and must be scrapped.
• Labour faces internal divisions as union leaders and party members call for the reinstatement of the MPs.
• The controversy comes ahead of Starmer's first Prime Minister's Questions since the election.

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