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LABOUR MPs will be given a free vote in Monday’s once-in-a-generation decision over Trident renewal, a party source said yesterday.
It has been claimed that the Tories called the snap vote on the £205 billion weapons in a cynical bid to heal the divisions in their own party and stoke tension within Labour.
Labour is conducting a defence policy review led by anti-nuclear MP Emily Thornberry, but without a settled policy a Labour spokesman said: “The likelihood is that there will be a free vote.”
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