Letter supporting Keir Starmer includes 'names without approval', claims Labour MP

A letter signed by Labour MPs expressing support for Sir Keir Starmer includes names without their approval, one of the signatories has claimed.

More than 100 Labour MPs appeared to sign a letter warning colleagues in the Commons that this is “no time for a leadership contest”.

The letter was released earlier today following a wave of ministerial resignations and growing calls for the Prime Minister to step down.

However, Ealing Central & Acton MP Rupa Huq took to social media to voice her surprise at being included on the 111-strong letter.

She said: "Surprised to see my name on this list when I haven’t either signed any letter supporting the PM or called for the PM to go?

"Not very courteous of colleagues to put names down without their approval."

A second Labour MP was also included in the letter despite not giving approval, The Times has reported.

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