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• Joe Hart confident Manchester City won’t price him out of transfer market

  11-06-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • England No1’s departure from Etihad certain after Ederson’s arrival
  • Hart wants permanent move but admits he has ‘nothing at the moment’Joe Hart has admitted he has no idea where he will be playing his club football next season with no firm offers having been lodged for his services, but is confident Manchester City will not price him out of the market as he seeks a fresh start this summer. Related: Manchester City confirm signing of Benfica goalkeeper Ederso
  
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• Joe Hart defiant but Scotland goals undermine his England No1 status

  11-06-2017 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  The England goalkeeper Joe Hart defended his performance in the 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw with Scotland but acknowledged: ‘This shirt’s not mine’It was difficult, listening to Joe Hart’s version of events, not to suspect he was putting on a front at a time when there has to be a legitimate debate about whether someone in his position – no future at Manchester City, no idea where he might end up next and, perhaps understandably, little of the old assuredness &nda
  
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• Plane makes emergency landing in Sydney with huge hole in engine casing

  11-06-2017 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  China Eastern flight bound for Shanghai had to return to Sydney after about an hour in the air after one engine failedA China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after engine failure caused a mid-air emergency.“The moment that we took off the wing to my left just started making a massive amount of noise and they cleared all the seats,” a passenger told the Nine Network. Continue reading...
  
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• Eddie Jones tells England players of final chance for World Cup squad

  11-06-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  • England coach: ‘80% of World Cup squad will be from August squad’
  • George Ford shines in Argentina and Denny Solomona saves faceAfter San Juan there should be no need to talk up Santa Fe. Argentina and England put on one of the more exhilarating matches of modern times, a try-laden festival of dynamic rugby that twisted this way and that right up to the last, when Denny Solomona’s brilliant solo score tilted the balance one final time in favour of England.It was an
  
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• General election 2017: Theresa May is 'best placed person' for Brexit

  11-06-2017 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cabinet ministers leap to Theresa May's defence, saying she is "best placed" to lead the country.
  
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• Aleksandar Mitrovic denies Wales after Aaron Ramsey hits spot against Serbia

  11-06-2017 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Aaron Ramsey could not have picked a better place to convert a Panenka penalty as Wales secured a precious point against the Group D leaders, Serbia, to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals next summer, yet it was a night tinged with regret for Chris Coleman and his players after they allowed victory to slip through their fingers for the fourth time in this campaign.Playing in the stadium where Antonin Panenka first produced that nonchalant chipped spot-kick, in the 1976
  
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• Wales keep alive slim World Cup hopes

  11-06-2017 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales maintain their slim hopes of World Cup qualification after their depleted side produce a spirited display to draw in Serbia.
  
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• Boris Johnson welcomes Michael Gove back to the cabinet with a questionable pun

  11-06-2017 22:40
  
  Punderful or not?
  
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• Lewis Hamilton slashes deficit at top of F1 championship with Canadian GP win

  11-06-2017 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  • Briton led throughout after qualifying in pole position
  • Championship leader Sebastian Vettel finishes fourthAlways a happy hunting ground for Lewis Hamilton, the Canadian Grand Prix was once again conquered by the British driver but his skill was rewarded to a much greater extent than merely claiming his sixth win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. While Hamilton led from pole to flag in a race in which he never relinquished control and followed the Mercedes team’s plan to per
  
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• Cabinet reshuffle: who did Theresa May move and bring in

  11-06-2017 22:01
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• Theresa May: 'Cabinet that reflects wealth of talent'

  11-06-2017 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister Theresa May says her new Cabinet reflects talent from "across the party".
  
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• Theresa May appeals to MPs for support as questions are raised over leadership

  11-06-2017 22:00
  
  The prime minister is set to appeal for support at a meeting of the Tory 1922 committee on Monday.Theresa May will appeal to her MPs to throw their weight behind her at a crunch meeting on Monday as her future hangs in the balance after the Conservatives’ majority was wiped out in Thursday’s general election.The prime minister is expected to signal to her parliamentary colleagues that she will run her government in a more collegiate, less controlling way, after sacrificing her two cl
  
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• Theresa May appeals to MPs for support as her future hangs in balance

  11-06-2017 22:00
  
  The prime minister is set to appeal for support at a meeting of the Tory 1922 committee on Monday.Theresa May will appeal to her MPs to throw their weight behind her at a crunch meeting on Monday, as her future hangs in the balance after the Conservatives’ majority was wiped out in Thursday’s general election.The prime minister is expected to signal to her parliamentary colleagues that she will run her government in a more collegiate, less controlling way, after sacrificing her two c
  
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• Jimmy Carter proved he's America's favourite president when he shook everyone's hands on a flight

  11-06-2017 21:43
  
  The 39th president of the USA sure is a classy guy.
  
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• Police release new CCTV images of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi

  11-06-2017 21:20
  New photos of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi have been released by police as they continue to piece together his final days.Greater Manchester Police say they now have a "deep understanding" of the attacker's movements before he detonated a bomb at the end of a sold-out Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson confirmed 29 house searches have been conducted over the past three weeks - and evidence of explosive material has been found at several locations
  
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• Michael Gove appointed environment secretary in cabinet reshuffle

  11-06-2017 21:05
  
  Michael Gove replaces Andrea Leadsom, who becomes the new leader of the Commons.Michael Gove has made a shock return to the cabinet as environment secretary after being sacked by Theresa May last year.The former department secretary, Andrea Leadsom – May’s 2016 leadership rival – was shifted sideways to become leader of the House of Commons.
  
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• This tale of a Muslim woman gifting her neighbours with food and letters about Ramadan will warm your heart

  11-06-2017 20:53
  
  It’s a week since the London Bridge attack which inspired her actions.
  
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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May's plans for government – cartoon

  11-06-2017 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
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• The Guardian view on the reshuffle: weak, weak, weak | Editorial

  11-06-2017 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May does not even have the authority to appoint the ministers she wants. She is in office, but not in powerBefore 8 June, Theresa May had sketched out a new cabinet. It would reflect her mighty status as the prime minister who had won the nation’s endorsement. Out would go her troublesome chancellor, Philip Hammond. In his place would come her closest ally and oldest political friend, Damian Green. Even as she reeled from the catastrophic election result on Friday, insiders were st
  
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• Anti-Trump sentiment permeates LGBT Pride marches across US

  11-06-2017 20:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of LGBT rights advocates mobilized in Washington DC and other major cities to resist Trump administration’s actions and celebrate queer livesIn the nation’s capital, and dozens of other cities across the US, supporters of LGBT rights mobilized for marches and rallies Sunday, celebrating their gains but angered over threats to those advances.The centerpiece event, the Equality March in Washington, was endorsed by virtually every major national advocacy group working on behal
  
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• How would the Tories trigger a leadership contest against Theresa May?

  11-06-2017 20:33
  
  Forty-eight Conservative MPs would need to back a no confidence vote in Theresa May to trigger a leadership contest, according to party rules.If they do not, 15% of Conservative MPs must write to the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tories.
  
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• DUP deal and loss of key advisers will force May to change priorities

  11-06-2017 20:21
  
  The DUP has made clear that a soft border with Ireland remains its main Brexit concern.The imminent deal with the DUP and the departure of Theresa May’s closest aides look likely to produce some major shifts in the government’s policy, including a softening of its tone on Brexit.The appointments of Damian Green as deputy prime minister and former Europe minister David Lidington as lord chancellor and the departure of her Eurosceptic policy chief Nick Timothy will strengthen the &ldqu
  
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• Twitter is having a lot of fun with the idea that Boris Johnson is in a Tory WhatsApp group

  11-06-2017 20:17
  
  The group is named ‘Conservative MPs’.
  
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• Who's in Theresa May's reshuffled cabinet?

  11-06-2017 20:07
  
  We’ll be seeing the same faces for a while.
  
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• Jon Walters rescues point for Republic of Ireland against Austria

  11-06-2017 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Roy Keane had called for a war but what he got was bloody awful until, that is, Jon Walters stormed to Ireland’s rescue five minutes from time.The Irish had trailed since the 31st minute, when Martin Hinteregger struck for a depleted Austrian side who seemed on course to revive their World Cup qualification hopes by dealing a blow to those of their hosts, who were incoherent for much of this match. But then Ireland rallied, equalised and even forced the ball into the net a second time, onl
  
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• Cross-party moves that could solve the Brexit puzzle | Letters

  11-06-2017 19:52
  
  Theresa May ‘should appoint Labour’s Keir Starmer, an internationally respected lawyer, as a full member of the British team’, writes Robin Wendt.Your leading article rightly stresses the importance of rethinking the approach to Brexit, but considers the outcome rather than the political mechanism (The voters have called for a different Britain.Brexit negotiations will be extremely complex and their outcome will be critical for the long-term future of the country and all UK cit
  
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• This new parliament provides a clear opportunity for electoral reform | Letters

  11-06-2017 19:51
  
  Jeremy Corbyn ‘must not gamble on perverse electoral arithmetic giving him an unearned majority next time,’ says J Robin Hughes.Val McDermid calls for elections to the UK parliament to be conducted using the additional member system of proportional representation used for elections to the Scottish parliament (Reformation 2017, Review, 10 June).There should be a majority in the House of Commons in favour of this reform.
  
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• Damian Green: May's loyal political friend and pro-EU advocate

  11-06-2017 19:36
  
  Damian Green and Theresa May knew each other at Oxford University in the 1970s.Damian Green will be pleased to become first secretary, and perhaps a bit disappointed too.The title Theresa May conferred this afternoon on her oldest political friend sounds good, but it is not the same as being chancellor of the exchequer, the one job Green, a former financial journalist, has dreamed of all his political career.
  
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• Britons released without charge after Easyjet plane scare

  11-06-2017 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three men whose "suspicious conversation" caused a plane to be diverted are released without charge.
  
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• Essex arrest following murder linked to Dublin gangland feud

  11-06-2017 19:20
  A man has been arrested in Essex in connection with a murder linked to a bloody gangland feud in Dublin.The 35-year-old was shot dead outside his home in May 2016 - just a few hundred yards from O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare.Gary Hutch was also a nephew of Gerry Hutch, who is suspected of masterminding the two biggest armed robberies in the history of the Irish state.
  
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• Donald Trump: 'No change' to UK state visit plans, says No 10

  11-06-2017 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No 10 says the state visit is still planned after reports he wanted to wait and avoid protests.
  
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• A message to the rebels: work with Corbyn and Labour can win | Jackie Ashley

  11-06-2017 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Last week’s election result made one thing very clear – the revolt against the leader has had its day. Everyone must focus on the prospect of power nowShould it be Yvette, or should it be Chuka? Or maybe Keir Starmer? Lisa Nandy? If none of them dislodge Jeremy, there’s the nascent new centre-left party, preparations well under way. This was the talk at some Labour gatherings to watch the election right up until 10pm last Thursday when the exit poll landed. Now all leadership b
  
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• Private schools to save £522m in tax thanks to charitable status

  11-06-2017 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Tax relief granted to 586 out of 1,038 private schools, including Eton College and Dulwich CollegePrivate schools are set to get tax rebates totalling £522m over the next five years as a result of their controversial status as charities, according to a study of local council records.Charitable organisations in England and Wales are entitled to relief of 80% on the business rates payable on the buildings they use, and some of the country’s best-known private schools qualify under the
  
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• Ben Stokes: England’s swashbuckling hero strives to reach next level

  11-06-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  • Stokes credits quality and atmospheres in IPL with helping develop his game
  • All-rounder hit career-best 102 against Australia in Champions TrophyBen Stokes could stride into the Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday believing himself to be invincible at present but the England all-rounder has said he is not the type to get carried away with his performances; unsatisfied, he will continue striving to reach new levels.Having bounced Australia out of the tournament exit door at Edg
  
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• India overwhelm South Africa to reach Champions Trophy semi-final

  11-06-2017 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  • South Africa 191, India 193-2
  • India won by eight wicketsFront-foot no-balls are not memorable. The sundries column is the last to be interrogated on any scorecard, if ever. Yet when Morne Morkel overstepped in South Africa’s doomed defence of 191, Indian partisans roared as loud as they did at any stage during the romping eight-wicket win. For white-ball foot faults mean free hits; a guarantee of seeing one of their adored wallopers go for gold.It was a moment emblematic of t
  
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• Bring on the election – whenever Theresa May calls it, Labour is ready | Tom Watson

  11-06-2017 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  A Tory-DUP alliance will be so fragile that it could collapse under the weight of disapproval from the prime minister’s MPs alone. This coalition cannot lastTheresa May has spent her weekend sacking her closest advisers and carrying out an emergency cabinet reshuffle in a desperate attempt to avoid taking responsibility for a disastrous election campaign and save her premiership. According to one of her former advisers, she is “friendless and alone”. She deserves to be. Related
  
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• Rescued Devon skipper faced 'worst conditions' of his life

  11-06-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mervyn Wheatley scuppered his yacht in a hurricane force storm and was rescued by the Queen Mary 2.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn threw young people a lifeline – and we took it | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

  11-06-2017 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  For the first time in years, the gloom I felt about the future has lifted. We don’t have power yet, but we do have hopeIn the early hours after the election results, the week-long rain clouds over London were dissolved by morning light, and it’s been sunny ever since. I hadn’t expected this result, so I didn’t anticipate how I would feel afterwards. I didn’t expect everything to suddenly appear in Technicolor and alive with possibilities. I’m slowly getti
  
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• Boris Johnson urges MPs to back May in WhatsApp message

  11-06-2017 18:35
  A WhatsApp message from Boris Johnson urges other top Tories to "calm down" and back the Prime Minister.The Foreign Secretary's message to a closed group of MPs has been confirmed to Sky News.In it, he lists eight points for Conservative politicians to consider.
  
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• Warren Gatland in bullish mood after Lions put squeeze on Crusaders | Robert Kitson

  11-06-2017 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Forwards leave coach spoilt for choice and set tourists up well for the tests that lie ahead as they prepare for their match against the Highlanders on TuesdayIt is impossible to overstate the fresh sense of purpose that has accompanied the entire British & Irish Lions squad south from Christchurch to Otago. Not many sides conquer a strong Crusaders team with something to spare and the result on Saturday had two significant consequences. Not only do these Lions have more belief in themselves
  
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• Are Tories telling Theresa May to stay or go?

  11-06-2017 18:15
  
  There is no shortage of advice for Theresa May from her Tory colleagues, but much of it is contradictory.
  
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• Many operations could be unnecessary, says leading surgeon

  11-06-2017 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Certain types of elective surgery only benefit patients because of placebo effect, says Prof Andy CarrThousands of people could be undergoing unnecessary, risky and expensive surgeries as most procedures have never been subjected to the rigorous testing drugs are required to have, a leading surgeon has said.Prof Andy Carr, an orthopaedic surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, said there is emerging evidence that for certain types of elective surgery, the benefits could be partly or entirely exp
  
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• This election has brought the smell of spring after an endless Tory Narnia

  11-06-2017 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May’s leadership is in crisis, the DUP have nothing to offer and another election is inevitable. Can the progressive parties build on Jeremy Corbyn’s politics of hope?General election 2017 - live updatesSupport our journalism by becoming a Guardian supporter or making a contributionThis is the kind of election, like 1997, when progressives like to share with one another where they were when it happened. Me? I was in a TV studio. It was 9.48pm on 8 June. A producer said: &ldqu
  
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• Brexit-lite back on the table as Britain rethinks its options after election

  11-06-2017 17:49
  
  ‘Only a soft Brexit will now command the majority [Theresa May] needs in parliament,’ said Nick Clegg.When even Nigel Farage concedes it might be time for Brexit-lite, it is clear that Thursday’s general election is fast scrambling what few certainties there were left about Britain’s departure from the European Union.Fortunately for a political class still reeling from the rejection of Theresa May’s full-fat plan for Brexit last week, there is rapidly emerging conse
  
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• Labour can win majority if it pushes for new general election within two years

  11-06-2017 17:28
  
  Jeremy Corbyn needs a swing of just 1.63% of the voters towards Labour to get into power.Labour’s hopes of ousting the Tories from power are now within its grasp if a general election is called within the next two years, according to a Guardian analysis of the new electoral landscape.Analysis of the new marginal seats shows that a swing of just 1.63% to his party would deliver the 34 gains that Jeremy Corbyn needs to make Labour the largest party in the Commons.
  
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• Scottish Tories expected to vote as bloc to protect Scotland's interests

  11-06-2017 17:26
  
  Scotland’s new group of Conservative MPs will be expected to vote as a bloc to protect the nation’s interests at Westminster, adding to the pressures facing Theresa May’s ailing government.The Scottish Tories had their best election result since 1983 last week, returning 13 MPs, after the party’s Scottish leader, Ruth Davidson, ran an autonomous campaign which sidelined May. It prioritised Scottish policies, causing tensions with the prime minister’s key advisers at
  
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• Senators sound calls to release Comey 'tapes' as Trump attacks 'cowardly' leak

  11-06-2017 17:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Congressmen urge White House to release alleged recordings, as pressure grows for Jeff Sessions to appear publicly for Senate intelligence committee hearingDays after James Comey’s blockbuster testimony, both Republicans and Democrats on Sunday called for the White House to release any tapes that may exist of a private conversation between the former FBI director and the president. Republican senator Susan Collins said she would support a subpoena to the White House to release any alleged
  
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• Sweet Bird of Youth review – Marcia Gay Harden brings sharp wit to Williams’ sex-hungry heroine

  11-06-2017 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
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  Harden is excellent in a sprawling yet skilful production of Tennessee Williams’s Gulf Coast melodramaThis is a strange play to find on the sprawling Chichester stage. It is the work of Tennessee Williams, boasts two fine American actors in Marcia Gay Harden and Brian J Smith and is stylishly directed by Jonathan Kent. But a third of the action is taken up with an intimate bedroom encounter that looks lost in this epic space. It is only when the play opens out t
  
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• The Guardian view on feminism and sci-fi: asking what if women ruled the world | Editorial

  11-06-2017 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Naomi Alderman’s The Power is a bold addition to a genre that questions society’s rulesWomen have written their way out of powerlessness at least since the French scholar and writer Christine de Pizan produced The Book of the City of Ladies in the early 15th century. The work, the focus of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time last week, defended mythological and historical female figures from Zenobia to the Queen of Sheba, extracting them from the torrent of misogyny threatening to overwh
  
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• Corbyn to postpone Labour reshuffle to take fight to government

  11-06-2017 17:15
  
  ‘I’m the most generous person in the world,’ Jeremy Corbyn told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.Jeremy Corbyn is expected to delay any reshuffle of Labour’s shadow cabinet to focus pressure on the Conservatives, though senior sources hinted those MPs who had stayed loyal to the Labour leader would not be removed in favour of more high-profile names.Several Labour MPs, such as Yvette Cooper, Angela Eagle and Chuka Umunna, have said they would serve in the shadow cabinet d
  
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