Shadow health secretary says party will not accept just any MP after Natalie Elphicke’s move to Labour
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Labour’s Wes Streeting has said he has spoken to more Tories considering a defection to the opposition, but insisted the party would not accept just any MP after the former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor.
The shadow health secretary said Elphicke, who is due to appear alongside the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, in her Dover constituency on Friday, had switched sides “with a purpose” and “not out of personal ambition”, defending the move amid a backlash from some Labour MPs.
Continue reading…Shadow health secretary says party will not accept just any MP after Natalie Elphicke’s move to Labour• UK politics live – latest updatesLabour’s Wes Streeting has said he has spoken to more Tories considering a defection to the opposition, but insisted the party would not accept just any MP after the former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor.The shadow health secretary said Elphicke, who is due to appear alongside the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, in her Dover constituency on Friday, had switched sides “with a purpose” and “not out of personal ambition”, defending the move amid a backlash from some Labour MPs. Continue reading…