Labour restores whip to family farm tax rebel

Should Penrith and Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours have had the whip removed in the first place?

Chris Brayford
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Markus Campbell-Savours was the only Labour MP to vote against the Government's Inheritance Tax changes in a vote prior to Christmas and was disciplined for doing so.
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Markus Campbell-Savours was the only Labour MP to vote against the Government's Inheritance Tax changes in a vote prior to Christmas and was disciplined for doing so.

The only Labour MP to vote against the Government on the family farm tax has had the whip restored after he was forced to sit as an Independent for more than three months. Penrith and Solway's Markus...

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