MP Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked as shadow education secretary.A spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer said in a statement the Labour leader has asked the Salford and Eccles MP to step down from the shadow cabinet.He said an article she shared on social media today, a newspaper interview with Salford actress Maxine Peake, 'contained an anti-semitic conspiracy theory'.Ms Long-Bailey, writing on Twitter after the news was confirmed, said her re-tweet was 'in no way' an intention to endorse every part of that article.She said she had asked to discuss the matter further with the Labour leader, 'but sadly he had already made his decision'.A spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer said: "This afternoon Keir Starmer asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down.
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