Remaining four ‘rebel’ Labour MPs have whip restored

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell are last of series of penalised backbenchers to return to the party

Four Labour MPs who lost the party whip in July for being persistent rebels" have had the sanction removed, the last of a series of penalised backbenchers to be allowed back into the fold.

Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell spoke to the party's chief whip, Jonathan Reynolds, and were allowed to hold the whip again after a review of how they had behaved since the suspension, it is understood.