Vicky Foxcroft and Lisa Nandy

Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy claimed a government whip who just quit over the government’s welfare cuts has “done the right thing”.

Vicky Foxcroft resigned on Thursday night over Labour’s plans to slash the welfare budget by £5 billion, in a major blow to Keir Starmer.

She is the first Labour frontbencher to quit over the controversial proposed cuts to benefits which will be voted on by the Commons on July 1.

It comes after more than 100 Labour MPs wrote to the government’s chief whip opposing the plans to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit.

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