Labour reshuffle: Who's in and who's out?

As of late on Thursday these are the MPs who have been promoted and sacked

Jon Stone

Political Correspondent

Thursday 06 October 2016 16:52 EDT

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Jeremy Corbyn delivers his keynote speech on the final day of the Labour Party conference (PA)

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Labour’s reshuffle is expected to continue into Friday, but as of late on Thursday here’s a summary who’s in, out, and moved.

Who is in?

Shami Chakrabarti

The human rights campaigner speaks on the ‘Andrew Marr Show’ yesterday (BBC/PA)

The new shadow Attorney General. She was only made a peer earlier this by Jerermy Corbyn in David Cameron’s resignation honours.

Dawn Butler

(Jonathan Goldberg/REX Shutterstock) (Rex/Shutterstock)

The new shadow minister for black people and ethnic minorities. She was on the backbenches before, but had briefly been a minister before under Gordon Brown.

Keir Starmer

The new shadow Brexit Secretary. A new additional to the front bench, he was formerly Director of Public Prosecutions at the CPS before becoming an MP in 2015.

Nick Brown