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Jeremy Corbyn struggles through the crowd to deliver his speech outside the Houses of Parliament
Jeremy Corbyn struggles through the crowd to deliver his speech outside the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Jeremy Corbyn struggles through the crowd to deliver his speech outside the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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The journalist Paul Mason has been speaking at the Momentum rally outside parliament. He said Labour needed 100 potential new MPs, young people, women, ethnic minority people, gay people, and disabled people - people who have “suffered the hardship of working-class life”.

Paul Mason calls for "100 new MPs" - deselection hint pic.twitter.com/trBpHlvpXl

— David Wilcock (@DavidWilcockPA) June 27, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn has used Twitter to announce an updated list of shadow cabinet appointments.

The following MPs will be serving in Labour's Shadow Cabinet. I'll be making final appointments in the coming hours pic.twitter.com/evD1AWWNFr

— Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) June 27, 2016

Here are the new appointments that were not announced earlier.

Barry Gardiner - shadow energy secretary

Richard Burgon - shadow justice secretary

Angela Rayner - shadow minister for women and equalities

Debbie Abrahams - shadow work and pension secretary

Rajeev Syal
Rajeev Syal

Chi Onwurah, who is currently a shadow culture minister, is going to replace Angela Eagle as shadow business secretary, according to a Labour source. But, in a sign of Corbyn’s relative weakness, Onwurah is only taking the job on the understanding that she does not have to endorse Corbyn in a future leadership contest.

Here are some pictures from the pro-Corbyn demonstration outside the House of Commons.

"Kick out the Tories, red and blue. Stop the anti-Corbyn coup," is the chant that greets me in Westminster. pic.twitter.com/r2CL4xqo0D

— Siraj Datoo (@dats) June 27, 2016

"London calling to the faraway town / now the war is declared and battle come down" blaring at Momentum rally. pic.twitter.com/lbUyiaji84

— Siraj Datoo (@dats) June 27, 2016

Some of the chants at Momentum rally. https://t.co/fJx6XG5clZ

— Siraj Datoo (@dats) June 27, 2016

PLP debates no confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn

The meeting of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) has just started. The PLP meets every Monday at 6pm when the Commons is sitting, but tonight it is discussing the no confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn, which will be put to a secret ballot tomorrow.

I was in the committee corridor a few minutes ago and MPs were saying they had never seen the room, committee room 14, so full. (The wifi was playing up, so I’m back in the Guardian’s Commons office.)

Vikram Dodd
Vikram Dodd

Police said there had been a 57% rise in hate crimes reported to a special website since Britain voted to leave last Friday. The national police chiefs council said at least 85 reports had been received through its online reporting site, and the overall figure may be higher.

There were 85 reports to the site called True Vision between Thursday 23 June and Sunday 26 June, compared with 54 reports in the corresponding four days four weeks ago, police said.

A spokesperson for the national police chiefs council said these figures should not be read as showing a 57% increase in hate crime, but an increase in reporting through one mechanism. Other hate crimes are reported directly to police forces, or to community groups like Tell Mama and Community Security.

Jack Dromey has resigned as shadow policing minister, Sky’s Katy Scholes reports.

Jack Dromey, Shadow Policing Minister, confirmed as having resigned

— Katy Scholes (@KatyScholesSKY) June 27, 2016
Steven Morris
Steven Morris

The Welsh first minister is writing to police commissioners asking them to take action to tackle “hateful incidents” against non-British people and citizens from ethnic minority communities following the referendum result.

Carwyn Jones said the effects of an “ugly atmosphere” created by the Leave campaign was being felt on the streets of Wales and there had been concerning reports of abuse.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Jones said:

Members cited examples of hateful incidents directed against non-British people in their constituencies over the weekend, and equally distressingly, against people from ethnic minorities born here in Wales. Ministers resolved to issue a clear statement today that such racism is completely unacceptable in Welsh society.

Absolutely nothing has changed in the status of foreign nationals living and working in Wales. They remain welcome as they always have been - before devolution, before the EU. Wales has always been a welcoming country and we must not lose sight of that.

It is incumbent on all of us, no matter how we voted last week, to stand up to anybody who thinks they now have licence to abuse people of different races or nationalities. They have no such licence and should anyone suffer from this sort of abuse, they should report it to the police immediately. I am today writing to the four Welsh police and crime commissioners, asking for them to be alive to this changing situation, and to provide appropriate support to any affected communities.

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