Stephen Doughty resigns from shadow cabinet live on TV

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has been promoted in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle of his shadow cabinet.

The deal means there will be no repetition of their disagreement about the vote on bombing Syria, during which Corbyn argued against military action and Benn gave a speech in favour. His sacking last night was said by senior Labour sources to reflect his “incompetence and disloyalty”.

But the reshuffle appears to have petered out after Michael Dugher was stripped of his culture brief and Europe spokesman Pat McFadden was sacked.

McFadden’s role as Europe minister will be taken up by Pat Glass who previously served as education chief.

In a statement, McFadden said he had originally accepted the post because the European Union issue was of “crucial importance” with an in/out referendum looming.

He said: “Fundamentally this comes down to very, very serious matters of national security and defence and others, and given that I hold the same views as Pat on what he said about narratives around terrorism, and he has been sacked for that reason, I think it’s only the honourable thing to do for me to step away as well”.

“I believe Labour needs to work out how to build an economy that generates a much greater degree of prosperity, is much more successful at tackling inequality and poverty, and which is radical in pursuing more democratic and inclusive political change, such as via electoral reform”.

Jeremy Corbyn has been publicly attacked by fellow Labour MPs after a shadow cabinet reshuffle which took almost 36 hours.

There is a central conflict at the heart of the Labour Party – and that is born out of the fact that Mr Corbyn was elected as leader by grass roots party members on a policy agenda which is at odds with the majority of his MPs. Thornberry is, like Corbyn, against Trident. He wasn’t wandering around slagging Tony Blair off or Ed Miliband.

Benn is widely seen by Corbyn supporters as one of the staunchest pro-war voices in the Labour leadership.

Blairites such as shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer retained their posts.

The Wigan MP said she was thrilled to be staying in the same role and has denied speculation she was offered an alternative shadow cabinet position.

Labour’s finance spokesman, John McDonnell, said Mr Corbyn had questioned some leading lawmakers’ loyalty. Cameron rather spoiled his punch line by asking what they were doing in this “Labour government”, but the expressions on the Labour front bench suggested that the attack had hit home.

Corbyn’s changes – dubbed a “revenge reshuffle” in the press – were announced after two days of closed-door meetings, and were more limited than many had anticipated.

Speaking about losing the culture job, Dugher told the BBC he had “paid the price” for speaking out in defence of colleagues whose reputations he claimed had been “trashed” by aides to Mr Corbyn. “I thought it was really unfair on those people”.