Four MPs suspended by Labour for voting against the government on the two-child benefit cap have been readmitted into the parliamentary party. Labour has restored the whip to Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Rebecca Long-Bailey, after they spent just over six months as independents.

Rebecca Long-Bailey is one of four MPs to be readmitted to the Labour Party after they were suspended last summer. Long-Bailey has had the whip restored along with Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne and Imran Hussain. They had all been suspended for voting against the government on the two-child benefit cap in July last year.