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Yardley MP Jess Phillips quits Labour front bench

Labour MP Jess Phillips says there is no animosity between her and Sir Keir Starmer after she quit the party front bench over a ceasefire vote on Gaza.

Ms Phillips said on Wednesday that it was with a "heavy heart" that she was leaving her shadow minister role.

"I don't feel like I am rebelling against the Labour Party, I feel like I am taking a position with my heart my head and my constituents," she said.

Ten of the party's shadow frontbenchers have now left their jobs over the vote.

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