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Shadow Home Office Minister Helen Jones is stepping down from the front bench. The Warrington North MP “wanted to spend more time in her constituency” Labour sources said – although her letter to Miliband announcing her decision appears to lack a clear explanation (it’s only 46 words long).
Jones had been in the role since October last year (since the last reshuffle) and served as “Vice-Chamberlain of the Household” under Gordon Brown. A replacement for Jones will be announced “in a few weeks” – but that doesn’t mean that’s the time of a full scale reshuffle. We’ll have to wait a little longer for that.
Update: Here’s the exchange of letters between Jones and Miliband (click to enlarge):
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