Left-wing MP Diane Abbott booted off Labour front bench
Ms Abbott makes pledge to intensify key back bench issues
Labour leader Ed Miliband sacked prominent left-winger Diane Abbott from his front bench health team yesterday.
Ms Abbott immediately pledged to intensify her campaigning for the people of her Hackney constituency and to speak out strongly from the back benches on key issues.
She was called to Mr Miliband's office yesterday morning to be told that she was losing her job as shadow public health minister in his front bench reshuffle.
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