Ed Balls has ruled out standing in the latest Labour by-election in order to take part in next year's Strictly Come Dancing tour.

The former shadow chancellor said he was not planning a return to politics after a backbencher quit and triggered a by-election the Conservatives expect to win.

Jamie Reed, MP for Copeland and a prominent critic of Mr Corbyn, announced he was taking a job at the Sellafield nuclear power plant earlier this week.