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Birmingham MP Jack Dromey has revealed why he returned to Jeremy Corbyn’s front bench team - after resigning in June.

Mr Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington , accepted a role as shadow minister for labour, responsible for policies affecting the workplace.

Explaining his decision to return, he said: "We have a duty to become an effective opposition.

"We had been letting people down just when the country expects us to be strong."

Mr Dromey was one of a number of Labour MPs to resign from Mr Corbyn's team earlier in the year.

But his return follows Mr Corbyn’s victory in September over rival candidate Owen Smith in the divisive Labour leadership election, which saw both contenders booed at hustings events and subjected to abuse on social media.

Following the victory, Mr Corbyn used his party conference speech to urge Labour MPs and activists to “come together again”.

And Tom Watson , Labour’s Deputy Leader and MP for West Bromwich East, urged in his own conference speech: “It’s time for Labour to get back to business. Time to get the band back together.”

In his resignation letter in June, Mr Dromey urged Mr Corbyn to stand down. He said: “I believe we may now be on the brink of a catastrophic defeat from which Labour may never recover.”

And he told Mr Corbyn in the letter: “You are a decent and honourable man. But we cannot fight back and win with you as leader.”

In other big changes, Tom Watson became the new Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

London MP Diane Abbott became Shadow Home Secretary and former Liberty chair Shami Chakrabarti, now a Labour peer, was appointed Shadow Attorney General.

Some critics have accused Mr Corbyn of appointing a Shadow Cabinet dominated by London MPs, as the Shadow Home Secretary, Shadow Foreign Secretary, Shadow Chancellor, Shadow Brexit Secretary and Mr Corbyn himself all represent London seats. However, there are also a number of MPs in the Shadow Cabinet and front bench representing seats in the north of England.

There are few West Midlands MPs in the shadow team but it is not clear how many of the region’s Labour MPs were willing to accept any offer of a role. Many have been highly critical of Mr Corbyn in the past.

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