Sir Keir Starmer has called for a humanitarian pause in the fighting to allow for aid to be sent to Gaza, but some MPs want a ceasefire.
Labour will not sack shadow cabinet members rebelling over the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas conflict, Peter Kyle has suggested.
But he finds himself at odds with senior Labour figures, including shadow equalities minister Yasmin Qureshi, who called during Prime Minister’s Questions for Rishi Sunak to back a ceasefire. Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Mr Kyle suggested there was little to distinguish a humanitarian pause from a ceasefire.
It’s impossible to imagine the horror that families in Gaza are facing right now and we need a ceasefire NOW.Local councillors across England have also resigned from Labour to sit as independents amid the rift with the leadership’s position. Asked about the debate within Labour, he said: “I think the fact that we have a vigorous debate within our party, as we are doing as a country, and as we are doing actually as a globe right now, reflects a strength, because we have a leader that has channelled that and turned it into a policy that is in step with all of our international partners.”
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