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Shadow cabinet members resign in 'coup' against Corbyn

The result of the EU referendum caused discontent among some Labour MPs, and several shadow cabinet members asked for Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation over what they saw as his feeble leadership. Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary early on Sunday after reports that he had encouraged colleagues to resign if the Labour leader ignored a no confidence vote. Within hours, seven shadow cabinet members had quit

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