Diane Abbott to face down from shadow cupboard underneath new Labour management

Diane Abbott has mentioned she is going to give up the entrance bench of Labour when a brand new chief is elected.

Ms Abbott, the shadow dwelling secretary, told Sky News that whoever turns into chief, “they’ve to have the ability to assemble their very own shadow cupboard”.

Earlier Jeremy Corbyn had mentioned he would consider a senior post underneath the brand new chief.

Ms Abbott mentioned she can be backing Rebecca Lengthy-Bailey as her alternative for Labour’s substitute chief.

Three candidates are within the operating for chief: Ms Lengthy-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Kier Starmer.

Voting begins on Monday, with the brand new chief introduced on four April.

Ms Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, mentioned she can be returning to the backbenchers “the place there’s an terrible lot to do”.

Ms Abbott was the primary black feminine to be elected to Parliament in 1987.

She made historical past in October 2019 by turning into the primary black MP on the dispatch field at Prime Minister’s Questions, instead of Mr Corbyn.