Labour calls for Liz Truss and Lee Anderson to lose Conservative whip

Media appearances by ex-PM and former deputy Tory chair attract ire of Labour frontbench and within Tory ranks

Labour has called for Liz Truss and Lee Anderson to lose the Conservative whip over media appearances that have also caused anger within Tory ranks.

In a letter to prime minister, Rishi Sunak, on Friday, the shadow paymaster general, Jonathan Ashworth, said “egregious” remarks made by the pair “cannot go unchecked or unchallenged”.