Article 50 rebels let off the hook by Corbyn
Labour MPs who rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn’s three line whip and opposed the Government’s Brexit bill in a Commons vote this week will receive a formal warning from the party but can remain in their shadow cabinet posts, it has emerged.
Labour sources said the chief whip met with Mr Corbyn to discuss disciplinary issues arising from the Article 50 Bill.
It is understood the chief whip will be taking action in the form of a formal warning to all Labour MPs who broke the whip.
They will also be under strict instructions to comply with the whip in the future, the source said.
But the rebels, some of whom are whips themselves, will be able to keep their jobs.
When Mr Corbyn was asked earlier in the week if he intended to fire 13 members of his own team who rebelled against ...