Gloria De Piero quits Labour frontbench over 'lack of tolerance'

Shadow justice minister and MP for Ashfield also says she will not stand at next election The shadow justice minister, Gloria De Piero, has quit the Labour frontbench and announced she will not be standing at the next general election, citing the party’s “lack of tolerance”. The former BBC journalist, who has been the MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire for nine years, told local members on Friday she did not know if she could give them “the commitment you deserve for what could be a further eight years”. Continue reading...