London: Jeremy Corbyn reshuffled his shadow cabinet by sacking Chief Whip Rosie Winterton.
He made 11 appointments with one of the top positions going to close ally Diane Abbott, who was promoted to shadow home secretary.
Corbyn stamped his authority after being re-elected with 62 per cent of the vote – by making Shami Chakrabarti shadow attorney general just five months after she joined the party, and shunting Clive Lewis from Defence to Business after a conference row over Trident.
Tonight he promoted Leicester MP Jonathan Ashworth to Shadow Health Secretary - but there's a sting in the tail.
A number of MPs returned to the front bench after 64 left following the EU Referendum.
Sarah Champion, took the post as Shadow Women and Equalities Minister and Jonathan Reynolds, who quit in January, came back as Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Keir Starmer returned in the major role of Shadow Brexit Secretary.
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