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The pacifist and republican also came under fire after he declined to sing the national anthem at a service for veterans of World War II in London on Tuesday.

Mr Reed is to remain shadow minister for local government despite vocally backing Mr Corbyn’s Blairite rival in the leadership race.

He said: “Shadow Home Secretary is a huge role and it is an honour to be asked to do it. I always said that I would serve the party and the country in any way that I can”.

Jeremy Corbyn was yesterday facing the threat of Labour defections after days of turmoil over his leadership.

After the chaos of the past four days, Jeremy Corbyn’s first Prime Minister’s Questions as leader of the opposition looked set to demonstrate a fractured Labour party in disarray.

She may have lost out in the vote to represent Labour in the forthcoming London Mayoral elections, but Diane Abbott has regained a place in the shadow cabinet after left wing politician Jeremy Corbyn’s shock leadership win.

Some MPs have also expressed concern about his position on Europe amid uncertainty about whether he would countenance campaigning to leave the European Union in a referendum due to happen before 2017.

Corbyn yesterday won the race to become leader of the opposition Labour Party in a landslide victory here, a development that threatens to further divide the party.

“Were you sent here by Conservative party headquarters?”

Jeremy Corbyn has mooted the introduction of women-only carriages at night in response to rising reports of sexual harrassment and assault on public transport.

The charge against the Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn is not that he is anti semitic.

Mr Straw said: “I am voting for Yvette Cooper”.

But as he denied meeting Mr Jahjah in a lunchtime interview, a furious Mr Corbyn insisted he had spent his life fighting all forms of racism and said suggestions he was anti-Semitic were “beyond appalling”.

Mr Hunt is a supporter of Liz Kendall, seen as the most Blairite of the candidates – and the one who is lagging in the race, according to pollsters and bookies.

Ms Cooper is locked in a bitter battle with Mr Burnham to emerge as the main challenger to Mr Corbyn, while the other contender Liz Kendall lags behind in fourth place. We need people dedicated to their brief who are able to work co-operatively with the party to set out a shared...