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Prominent Corbyn allies moved off Labour front bench in Starmer's shadow cabinet reshuffle
Former leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) with members of his shadow cabinet last year

NEW Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer dropped prominent allies of Jeremy Corbyn from the shadow cabinet as he continued his reshuffle today.

Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Dan Carden, Peter Dowd, Margaret Greenwood, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Ian Lavery and Jon Trickett have all departed the Labour front bench.

Former shadow business secretary and leadership contender Rebecca Long Bailey remains in the shadow cabinet as shadow education secretary.

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