Jeremy Corbyn announced a huge reshuffle of his crumbling shadow cabinet

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Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced a major reshuffle of his shadow cabinet after mass resignations over the weekend threw the UK's opposition party into turmoil and left Corbyn with only half a frontbench team.

Corbyn has promoted several of his most loyal supporters into key shadow cabinet positions. Several were only elected as MPs for the first time at last year's general election, and have no experience of being part of the shadow cabinet. Here is a list of Corbyn's new appointments:

• Shadow Foreign Secretary - Emily Thornberry

• Shadow Health Secretary – Diane Abbott

• Shadow Education Secretary – Pat Glass

• Shadow Transport Secretary – Andy McDonald

• Shadow Defence Secretary – Clive Lewis

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rebecca Long-Bailey

• Shadow International Development Secretary – Kate Osamor

• Shadow Environment Food and Rural Affairs Secretary – Rachel Maskell

• Shadow Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs – Cat Smith

• Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary – Dave Anderson

Labour's leader has rewarded two of his key lieutenants, Diane Abbott and Emily Thornberry with crucial shadow cabinet positions. Elsewhere, key Corbyn allies like Kate Osamor and Rebecca Long-Bailey have been given portfolios in shadow cabinet.

The reshuffle comes against a background of infighting within the party, after a vote of no confidence was proposed by MP Margaret Hodge on Friday. That triggered what essentially amounts to a coup attempt on the leader. Corbyn has said he will not be moved from the leadership despite a full-scale coup against him by the parliamentary Labour party, which began on Sunday with 12 resignations from his shadow cabinet.

Resignations are continuing on Monday, with more than half a dozen MPs resigning their positions in Corbyn's shadow cabinet before 9:30 a.m. Here is a list of the resignations so far on Monday:

• Shadow armed forces minister Toby Perkins

• Shadow minister for civil society Anna Turley

• Shadow foreign and commonwealth office minister Diana Johnson

• Shadow local government minister Steve Reed

• Shadow science and consumer affairs minister Yvonne Fovargue

• Several MPs working as parliamentary private secretaries for shadow ministers have also left their positions, including outspoken Birmingham MP Jess Phillips.

Corbyn is yet to speak publicly on Monday, but in a statement on Sunday evening he said, "I regret there have been resignations today from my shadow cabinet. But I am not going to betray the trust of those who voted for me - or the millions of supporters across the country who need Labour to represent them."

It is understood that he has met with deputy Labour leader Tom Watson. According to the Guardian, Watson told Corbyn about the strength of feeling within the Parliamentary Labour Party regarding his leadership, but did not urge Corbyn to resign as party leader, as some had expected.

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