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		</div><p>Speculation is mounting that several Labour MPs in the UK could be about to quit the party.</p>
<p>Key figures believed to be on the verge of leaving did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>Former shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith said he was “not commenting” on the rumours, linked to anger over how the party is dealing with Brexit and allegations of anti-Semitism.</p>
<p>Labour MP Stephen Kinnock told BBC Radio 4’s The Westminster Hour on Sunday: “The talk has been going on so long that I say with great regret that yes, there probably will be some kind of splintering.</p>
<p>“It just seems to have been in the rumour mill so long that it’s unlikely that wouldn’t be the outcome.”</p>
<p>On Sunday morning, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he did not see “any need for anybody to split from the party”.</p>
<p>Mr McDonnell also revealed Labour would “look at” a proposal put forward by backbenchers Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson to back a second Brexit referendum in the next round of Brexit votes on February 27.</p>
<p>In all good conscience, I can no longer justify paying subs to a party which I now regard as institutionally anti-Semitic</p>
<p>Former Labour vice-chairman Michael Dugher said at the weekend that he is intending to leave the party, saying he regards it as “institutionally anti-Semitic”.</p>
<p>Mr Dugher, who was elected as MP for Barnsley East in 2010 and left Parliament in May 2017, claimed the party he joined nearly three decades ago “no longer exists”.</p>
<p>He served as vice chairman of the party under Ed Miliband between 2011 and 2014 and later became shadow secretary for transport and culture.</p>
<p>Labour disclosed last week it had received 673 allegations of anti-Semitism by its members over the past 10 months, leading to 12 individuals being expelled.</p>
<p>Writing in the Sun on Sunday, Mr Dugher said the Labour Party had repeatedly failed to “adequately tackle anti-Semitism”.</p>
<p>The now chief executive of UK Music said: “I will continue to have lots of dear friends in the Labour Party, including many talented MPs and hard-working local councillors who are fantastically dedicated public servants.</p>
<p>“Yet in all good conscience, I can no longer justify paying subs to a party which I now regard as institutionally anti-Semitic.”</p>
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