The Penrith and Solway MP rebelled and voted against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night.

Labour MP Markus Campbell-Savours has had the party whip suspended after rebelling against the Government in the Budget vote.

The Penrith and Solway MP rebelled and voted against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night, telling the Commons he had to do all he could for his community.

He warned in the Commons the changes would leave many farmers “devastated at the impact on their family farms”.

Mr Campbell-Savours was informed he had had the whip removed by Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds on Wednesday, according to a Labour source.

The backbencher was among a group of Labour MPs who on Tuesday night had pleaded with ministe

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