Twenty councillors have quit Labour in protest at the party's direction under Sir Keir Starmer. The councillors - from Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire - claimed the party had "abandoned traditional Labour values" and criticised policies such as cutting the winter fuel allowance for some pensioners.

Twenty Labour councillors have quit the party in protest at its direction under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the prime minister of having "abandoned traditional Labour values".

Labour councillors from Broxtowe Borough Council resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s party on Wednesday, declaring they “can no longer be in a party that has abandoned

Twenty borough councillors in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire quit in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership. It comes after the minister reportedly rejected calls for an inquiry into historic child abuse in Oldham.

Twenty borough councillors in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire quit in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership.