Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has been sacked as party chairman in the aftermath of election results.
Rayner, an MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, remains deputy leader of the party which is led by Sir Keir Starmer.
A Labour source told The Guardian: “Keir said he was taking full responsibility for the result of the elections – and he said we need to change.
"That means change how we run our campaigns in the future. Angela will continue to play a senior role in Keir’s team.”
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the decision to remove Angela Rayner as Labour’s chairman and campaigns chief was a “cowardly avoidance of responsibility”.
The senior party figure tweeted: “Keir Starmer said yesterday that he took full responsibility for the election result in Hartlepool and other losses.
“Instead today he’s scapegoating everyone apart from himself.
“This isn’t leadership, it’s a cowardly avoidance of responsibility.”
