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8 November 2023

Will more Labour frontbenchers follow Imran Hussain and resign?

The Bradford East MP has become the first shadow minister to stand down in order to campaign for a ceasefire in Gaza.

By Rachel Wearmouth

A Labour frontbencher has become the first to resign over Keir Starmer’s stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict as the party’s internal crisis deepens.

Imran Hussain, who served as shadow minister for the New Deal for Working People in deputy leader Angela Rayner’s team, wrote to the leader saying he cannot demand a ceasefire while staying in post.

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