On paper, the result was a success for Labour. Despite excited reports, government whips managed to keep their party’s great winter fuel revolt down to 40-odd abstentions and a single rebel. Poor Jon Trickett was the only government MP to troop into the Opposition lobby; given the treatment meted out to the child benefit rebels, he could now face a similar punishment of losing the Labour whip.
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