LABOUR MPs have reportedly been banned from criticising the Government in public after rebelling on compensation for Waspi women.
A group of MPs received a demand from the Labour whips office, after voting with the SNP to call for compensation for the victims of successive governments’ failure to properly communicate changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s, the Morning Star reports.
The letter warned the rebels that “you are not entitled to criticise the Government in public”.
The National has sought to confirm this with the MPs said to have received the letter.
Keir Starmer has sought to impose iron discipline on his MPs – suspending seven last July after they voted with the SNP to end the two-child benefit cap.
Earlier this month, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Rebecca Long-Bailey were brought back into the party, while former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana remain suspended.
The Waspi vote – for which most Labour MPs abstained – only carried a one-line whip, according to the Morning Star.
The vote passed, however it is not expected that the Government will compensate Waspi women, having previously ruled out doing so.
Labour were approached for comment.
