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| Labour MP Rob Flello quits frontbench job | Labour MP Rob Flello quits frontbench job |
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| Labour MP Rob Flello has quit his job as shadow justice minister ahead of an expected reshuffle in the coming days. | Labour MP Rob Flello has quit his job as shadow justice minister ahead of an expected reshuffle in the coming days. |
| Mr Flello, MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, joined the shadow front bench after Ed Miliband became leader in 2010. | |
| In a statement, the MP said: "After careful consideration I have decided to return to the backbenches to focus on my other parliamentary interests." | In a statement, the MP said: "After careful consideration I have decided to return to the backbenches to focus on my other parliamentary interests." |
| The Labour leader is set to reshuffle his top team shortly, possibly before Parliament returns on Monday. | The Labour leader is set to reshuffle his top team shortly, possibly before Parliament returns on Monday. |
| Announcing his decision, Mr Flello said: "It has been a privilege to serve Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan as shadow minister for victims of crime, youth justice and family and civil law." | Announcing his decision, Mr Flello said: "It has been a privilege to serve Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan as shadow minister for victims of crime, youth justice and family and civil law." |
| "I have learned a great deal during my time with the justice team and will continue to use that specialist knowledge wherever I can on behalf of those in need of assistance." | "I have learned a great deal during my time with the justice team and will continue to use that specialist knowledge wherever I can on behalf of those in need of assistance." |