Jeremy Corbyn loses Labour confidence vote
Jeremy Corbyn is under renewed pressure to quit as Labour leader after his MPs overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in him.
South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck resigns saying 'heartbroken' at state of party
South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has confirmed on Twitter that she is resigning from Labour's front bench team.
In her resignation letter to Mr Corbyn, she said: "I am appalled at what is happening to our party and they way in which you have been treated by some in the Parliamentary Labour Party not just recently, but since your election.
The Party is shambolic and divided at a critical time rather than providing effective opposition to a Government that has so badly damaged the prospects of the people in South Shields.
The situation has now become untenable and is an impossible environment to work in."
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