Labour will not sack frontbenchers who joined rail strike pickets

Five who defied Keir Starmer’s instructions to be warned about future conduct but will be allowed to remain in post

Keir Starmer has backed away from sacking Labour frontbenchers who defied his instructions and stood alongside striking rail workers last week.

Labour’s chief whip, Alan Campbell, spoke to the five frontbenchers – the shadow junior minister Alex Sobel, the whip Nav Mishra, and three principal private secretaries – who posted photos of themselves on picket lines.

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