Dan Peters 28 October 2024

Select committee member loses Labour whip as police investigate

A Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee member has lost the Labour whip after a video emerged appearing to show him punching a man.

The party said Mike Amesbury, who was previously shadow local government minister, had been suspended ‘pending an investigation' into the incident.

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