No sanctions for Labour rebels as party seeks to shut down tax row

Move by 20 Labour MPs to oppose tax cuts for high earners prompted internal splitThe 20 Labour MPs who rebelled to oppose Tory tax cuts for high earners will not face further sanctions, as the party tries to shut down the embarrassing row.The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, irked colleagues by announcing that Labour would not reverse the measures – a decision based on polling and focus group analysis described by one senior party figure as “eerily similar” to that carried ou