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Brexit: 'Half' of Labour top team set to resign Brexit: 'Half' of Labour top team set to resign
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Up to half of the shadow cabinet set to resign in a bid to force Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to step down, the BBC understands. Up to half of the shadow cabinet is set to resign in a bid to force Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to step down, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg understands.
It follows the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn overnight.It follows the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn overnight.
Labour's leader faces a vote of no confidence over claims he was "lacklustre" during the EU referendum. Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander has said "with a heavy heart" that she is resigning.
Mr Corbyn faces a vote of no confidence over claims he was "lacklustre" during the EU referendum.
A Labour source told the BBC Mr Corbyn had "lost confidence" in Mr Benn.A Labour source told the BBC Mr Corbyn had "lost confidence" in Mr Benn.
Mr Benn, who is to appear on the Andrew Marr Show shortly, said there was concern about Mr Corbyn's "leadership and his ability to win an election".
He added: "There is no confidence to win the next election if Jeremy continues as leader.
"In a phone call to Jeremy I told him I had lost confidence in his ability to lead the party and he dismissed me."
The Labour party campaigned for Remain during the referendum, which saw the UK voting to leave the EU by 52% to 48% on Thursday.
Ms Alexander, who joined Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet last year, tweeted: "It is with a heavy heart that I have this morning resigned from the shadow cabinet."
In a letter to the Labour leader, she wrote: "Our country needs an effective opposition which can hold the government to account."
The letter continued: "As much as I respect you as a man of principle, I do not believe you have the capacity to shape the answers our country is demanding and I believe that if we are to form the next government, a change of leadership is essential."