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Brexit-backing London Labour MP Kate Hoey has been denounced by her own local party in a public statement.

Vauxhall Labour Party said she was at odds with local members by not opposing the government enough about child refugees and the residency rights of EU nationals when the UK leaves the EU.

“On these issues we do not believe that our Member of Parliament is effectively representing the views of either our members or our wider communities,” it said, saying the statement was agreed at a meeting of all members.

The attack will increase fears among MPs that grass roots Labour activists are preparing to target centrist MPs for deselection.

Tensions over Brexit surfaced as the Bill to sanction leaving the European Union returned to the House of Lords for debate.

Theresa May rejected calls from Tory right wingers to sack Lord Heseltine as a Government adviser for rebelling against the Bill. No 10 sources said the former Trade President’s roles were not affected by his announcement that he would vote against triggering Article 50.

But former chairman Lord Tebbit said it was time Lord Heseltine “was kicked out of the party he clearly loathes”.

Labour’s leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith, called for the rights of EU nationals to remain living in the UK to be written onto the face of the Bill.