The shadow education secretary Pat Glass has resigned after just two days in the post.
Glass, the MP for North West Durham, was appointed to succeed Lucy Powell on Monday follow’s Powell’s resignation over the weekend.
But after announcing yesterday that she would quit Parliament at the next general election, Glass has said today that she was also quitting her “dream job” in the shadow cabinet”.
“It is with a heavy heart that I have today resigned as Shadow SoS Education. My dream job but the situation is untenable,” she tweeted today.
Her resignation, which comes in the wake of a mass exodus from the Labour front-bench in protest against Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, effectively leaves the opposition without an education team.
Four junior members of the team also resigned on Monday, leaving just one MP – shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden – officially speaking for the party on education issues.
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