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Corbyn fills four vacancies in his shadow cabinet

Jeremy Corbyn has filled four vacancies in his shadow cabinet following the Brexit vote.

The Labour leader appointed Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow business secretary, Sue Hayman as shadow environment secretary, Christina Rees as shadow Wales secretary and Peter Dowd as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury

In total, 52 Labour MPs rebelled against Mr Corbyn's orders and voted against triggering Article 50 on Wednesday night.

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'I expect Lords to do patriotic duty', says Brexit Minister

Brexit Minister David Davis has said he expects the House of Lords to follow MPs and vote overwhelmingly in favour of starting the formal process for the UK to leave the European Union.

Mr Davis added that peers have a "very important scrutiny role" but he expects them to "enforce the will of the people" and do their "patriotic duty".

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