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This group, effectively led by shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, has its firmest support within the shadow cabinet, counting shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, deputy leader Tom Watson, shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher and shadow education secretary Lucy Powell among those planning to vote in favour.

Guests include actress Tamsin Greig; education secretary Nicky Morgan MP; shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP; and former King of Greece Constantine II.

The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, said: «This proposal is a clear sign of desperation from Ming Campbell, whose party is so split on this issue.

Leaving aside the inconvenient fact that even an illegal war isn't necessarily a crime, are we to suppose that Mr Corbyn will now be demanding that Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, be added to the fantasy indictment for having supported and voted for the invasion, two (Benn and Falconer) as members of the government at the time?

Tory peer and donor is accused of using shadow foreign secretary as his introduction to Cuba and other countries

This view was challenged by Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, at a meeting on Tuesday where she rejected the idea that the Labour party's answer to the greatest decision facing Britain is to say it could not decide either way.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn said Labour's policy «remains the same».

Speaking after Mr Cameron had addressed a meeting of Tory MPs, shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: «We will offer to the Liberal Democrats in a coalition government the holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system, so that the people of this country can decide what the best electoral system is for the future.»

So now, just four months on, if he embarks on dramatic changes, sacks those who have publicly disagreed with him, like the shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, there's a danger it looks like when his own authority is challenged he just can't take it.

Michael Ancram is also staying as shadow foreign secretary and deputy leader, with Lord Strathclyde remaining Tory leader in the Lords.

The shadow foreign secretary told the programme that the documents proved what he has said for the last decade: that Ashcroft had abided by an undertaking in 2000 to be resident in the UK to allow him to attend the House of Lords.

But shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, who had also been lined up for the sack over his support for bombing in Syria, survived after Mr Corbyn was warned that dumping him would spark mass frontbench resignations.

Others whose constituencies are an average size could still see their seats carved up, such as the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, whose Leeds Central seat was recommended for abolition in the last analysis by the Boundary Commission for England.

The new shadow foreign secretary told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «I think the future of the country is at stake here.»

Also prominent among the new crop of female MPs is 20 - year - old Mhairi Black, a SNP Glasgow University student who won Paisley and Renfrewshire South from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander and becomes the youngest MP since 1667.

Do expect new occupants of the posts of shadow Foreign Secretary and shadow Defence Secretary - in those two areas the tensions over nuclear weapons and military action have proved too much of an embarrassment for Mr Corbyn.

«A matter between him and the Inland Revenue,» David Cameron said, and his obfuscatory tone was echoed by the Conservative chair, the shadow foreign secretary and every other top Tory who was asked about it.

In an exchange with the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, he opted to call her by her «married» name of Lady Nugee; a name he initially couldn't remember, until he was prompted by one of his Tory colleagues.

The shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said last night: «If this is true, it only adds to the case for the inquiry to be open to the public whenever possible.

Meanwhile, Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary and one of Corbyn's strongest supporters, said there was a «legitimate debate across the party and different areas have different responses».

It ran this article this morning and now the paper's website has published a piece by shadow foreign secretary William Hague, detailing the issues on which he says David Miliband has questions to answer.

David Miliband, the shadow Foreign Secretary and front - runner, was first out of the traps and wanted the party to make a decision by July.

But it was Hilary Benn's sacking as shadow Foreign Secretary that triggered what Corbyn's supporters call a «coup».

Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, had already said Cameron would have to resign if the UK voted for Brexit.

The UK - US relationship was «strong, deep and I believe will endure» the shadow foreign secretary said, despite British MPs refusing to back military intervention in Syria.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, said on Sunday that the party needed to boost its policies on combating harassment.

The attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry (pictured on Marr today) admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

The Labour leader, who was left reeling after his decision to sack the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, was followed by the resignations of 11 senior shadow cabinet members, said he would not «betray the trust» of the people who voted for him by stepping down.

Unsourced briefings to several newspapers over Christmas, attributed to people in Corbyn's camp, claimed that members of the shadow cabinet — including Dugher, as well as the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and the shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle — could be removed as revenge for siding with the government over the question of whether to extend airstrikes against Isis to Syria.

The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, told MPs it was «an absolute disgrace and a huge discourtesy to this house that the foreign secretary is not here himself to answer the questions».

The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, has accused a Sky News presenter of sexism after she failed to name the French foreign minister and the South Korean president following repeated questions.

They demanding the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and other «warmongers» after he rallied support for air strikes in a barnstorming Commons speech.

Murnaghan said he had been asking the questions because of her position as shadow foreign secretary and the shadow minister overseeing Brexit.

He refused to say whether Benn would keep his job in any future reshuffle, instead saying that the shadow foreign secretary had «an important part to play» in the Labour party.

Ms Lipman's attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

Abbott, who had been tipped as a possible shadow foreign secretary, said: «It's completely untrue, I've never been offered the job of [shadow] foreign secretary.

Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary and Labour's general election strategy chair, has been responding to the results for his party on the airwaves this morning.

Corbyn had wanted to move both Eagle and Benn, but up to 10 shadow cabinet ministers threatened to resign if the shadow foreign secretary were to be moved.

She has unseated one of Labour's big names, the former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, bringing an end to 70 years of Labour rule in the area.

The decision to retain Benn will disappoint some of Corbyn's allies who had warned that the shadow foreign secretary would be at the centre of future rebellions, such as the vote over Syria, if he remained in post.

More than half of Labour voters (56 per cent) are pleased with Mr Corbyn's performance while just 25 per cent believe shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who was widely lauded for a bravura Commons speech backing military action against Islamic State in Syria, would make a good replacement, rising to 42 per cent among Conservative voters.

Jeremy Corbyn is still being urged by his allies to sack the shadow foreign secretary, reports the Guardian's Rowena Mason, but has been warned that up to 10 of his senior team could walk out if Benn is removed.

Corbyn's most likely move is to replace Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, who opposed him over the Syria vote, and Maria Eagle, the shadow defence secretary, who takes a different position from him on replacing the Trident nuclear submarines.

Talk turns to Emily Thornberry, Jeremy Corbyn's electoral neighbour in Islington, who has been tipped to replace Hilary Benn as Labour's shadow foreign secretary.

Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Alexander, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, backs this newspaper's campaign.

Their relationship appears to have grown closer — and Ashcroft's support more generous — after David Cameron appointed Hague shadow foreign secretary in December 2005.

But we did find out that Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, seemed to be in a good mood when he left Corbyn's office making no comment.

The businessman began accompanying the politician on official shadow foreign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the Foreign Office in a future Tory government.

Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, found himself dragged into the row after he criticised McBride for publishing his memoirs.

However, Corbyn decided to retain his shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, after coming to an agreement on their future working.