Elections 2021: Sir Keir Starmer set to reshuffle Labour's top team

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to carry out a reshuffle of his frontbench team later following the party's poor performance in English local elections, the BBC understands.

He is facing criticism following defeat in the Hartlepool by-election and losing control of several councils.

Sir Keir has already sacked his deputy Angela Rayner as Labour's chair and campaigns co-ordinator.

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said she had been made a "scapegoat".

But Sir Keir has said he takes "full responsibility" for Labour's election results in England.

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May 09, 2021 at 08:47PM

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