Brexit: British opposition Labour health policy chief resigns

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Brexit: British opposition Labour health policy chief resigns

Heidi Alexander

London - Heidi Alexander first shadow minister to resign after Hilary Benn sacking

By Reuters

Published: Sun 26 Jun 2016, 11:47 AM

Last updated: Sun 26 Jun 2016, 9:47 PM

The health policy chief of Britain's Labour Party resigned on Sunday, saying the country needed a credible opposition after voting to leave the European Union and that she did not believe party leader Jeremy Corbyn could provide it.
"As much as I respect you as a man of principle, I do not believe you have the capacity to shape the answers our country is demanding and I believe that if we are to form the next Government, a change of leadership is essential," Heidi Alexander wrote to Corbyn in a letter she posted on Twitter.

It is with a heavy heart that I have this morning resigned from the Shadow Cabinet. pic.twitter.com/amBRk30RtR
- Heidi Alexander (@heidi_mp) June 26, 2016

Alexander's resignation comes after Labour's foreign policy chief Hilary Benn also told Corbyn he had lost confidence in his leadership, prompting Corbyn to sack Benn.
Cameron's successor: Who, how and when?
Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to resign after he lost the campaign to keep Britain in the EU triggered a leadership contest in his Conservative party, the winner of which will replace him in Downing Street.
Britain's next prime minister will have the task of negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.

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