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'People are not more important than the team': Minister backs Labour rebels' suspension
The suspension of four Labour rebels sends the "right signal" that if MPs stray too far outside they are "undermining the team" and that cannot be allowed, a senior minister told Sky News.
Steve Reed, the environment secretary, told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips there are "ways of going about" concerns MPs may have with policies - and there are "ways of not going about that". Politics latest: Water sector 'absolutely broken', environment secretary says Earlier this week Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Rachael Maskell were suspended from Labour after voting against the government's welfare reforms.
They will now sit as independent MPs. Some backbench Labour MPs have criticised Sir Keir Starmer's decision as "appalling" and a "terrible look.
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