Labour calls for Liz Truss and Lee Anderson to lose Conservative whip

Media appearances by ex-PM and former deputy Tory chair attract ire of Labour frontbench and within Tory ranks

Liz Truss and Lee Anderson should both lose the Conservative whip over controversial media appearances that have caused unrest and anger within Tory ranks, campaigners and opposition politicians have said.

In a letter to the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, on Friday, the shadow paymaster general, Jonathan Ashworth, said egregious" remarks made by the pair cannot go unchecked or unchallenged".