Corbyn warned over ‘politburo of seven’ reshuffle

UK LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn has asked journalists to leave the building as he plots his shadow cabinet reshuffle.

But who’s liable to be on the chopping block?

Last night there was speculation that Mr Corbyn was backing away from plans to sack several Labour heavyweight figures, including Hilary Benn.

Shadow Europe minister Mr McFadden, a deputy to Mr Benn, said Mr Corbyn had a long record of “disagreement” with party leaders and should not punish others who disagreed with him.

Shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher, who is widely reported to be facing the sack, said a reshuffle aimed at sidelining dissent would be inconsistent with Mr Corbyn’s stated commitment to internal debate.

Feminists in the Labour Party are letting Jeremy Corbyn get away with “low level” misogyny, according to one MP.

Corbyn’s allies said Dugher was removed from his post because he spent more time attacking the Labour leadership than the Conservatives.

“I think what Jeremy has to do is putting together the team in the way he wants it and then refocus this debate about the economy”, the former mayor told the BBC.

“These things are always discussed, you get sometimes over-enthusiastic aides sort of nudging a leader in one particular direction”.

Streeting said: “Over Christmas, we should have been taking the Tories to task over their budget cuts for flood defences”.

But all eyes will be on whether Mr Corbyn takes notice of warnings over the lack of women in the top five jobs in the Shadow Cabinet.

His ability to set the party’s direction has been limited by resistance within his shadow cabinet.

“It think the current shadow cabinet is to the right of where the PLP is, if you look for instance on the vote on Syria, more Labour MPs voted with Corbyn than with Hilary Benn [the shadow foreign secretary]”.

Shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle could also face the chop from Labour’s top team due to her support for renewing Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent.

Mr Livingstone also reminded moaning right-wingers that Labour is far more inclusive now than under Tony Blair’s leadership “when everyone had to follow a narrow line”.

Mr Corbyn’s record on promoting women came under criticism from leading Labour MPs ahead of the reshuffle. While Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Dianne Abbott has dismissed as rumours the speculation that she will be offered the position of Shadow Foreign Secretary, saying it is “poppycock and piffle”.

He said: “Reshuffles are a matter for the leadership”.

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“It might well be the case – and I have no knowledge of this – that it would be better to move Hilary Benn to something where he is in agreement with Jeremy Corbyn rather than where he is in disagreement”. “We need to get beyond this endless introspection”.