15-10-2015 04:03 via news.yahoo.com

Corbyn suffers first rebellion in parliament

By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's newly-elected opposition leader, socialist Jeremy Corbyn, suffered the first rebellion against his leadership on Wednesday in a parliamentary vote that exposed divisions over his economic strategy and policymaking process. A group of Labour lawmakers defied strict instructions to vote against a plan put forward by the Conservative government to enshrine into law a commitment to get rid of the deficit and target a budget surplus. The vote was set up b
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