Can Keir Starmer prevent mass resignations over Gaza?
Labour MPs are threatening to rebel in an SNP-led vote if the party does not back a ceasefire.
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Rachel Wearmouth
Rachel Wearmouth is the New Statesman's former deputy political editor and previously worked as senior political correspondent at the Daily Mirror and political correspondent at HuffPost UK.
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