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High-profile shadow minister Jess Phillips joined several colleagues in leaving the front bench following the Commons vote.

“On this occasion I must vote with my constituents, my head, and my heart", the MP for Birmingham Yardley said.

Three Labour frontbenchers have so far defied the Labour leader to back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza in a Commons vote.

In his letter to Sir Keir, Imran Hussain said he was “deeply troubled” by the Labour leader’s position on the matter.

The councillors said they ‘cannot remain in a party that is not doing enough while innocent people are being killed’.

He said one of the luxuries of opposition is that "you can take moral leadership in a situation like this."

Sir Keir Starmer rejected calls to push for a ceasefire, arguing that a humanitarian pause was the only credible route forward.

The London Mayor was joined by the Scottish Labour leader in demanding an end to the conflict.

The comedian says he's been left "politically homeless".