Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson chairing a meeting of the new cabinet and further government reshuffle developments
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1.35pm GMT
The Jewish Labour Movement has also announced its stance on the Labour leadership. It is nominating Lisa Nandy for leader, and Ian Murray for deputy leader.
Here are the results of its ballot.
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LEADER
FIRST ROUND
Lisa Nandy 50.9%
Keir Starmer 45.3%
Emily Thornberry 1.9%
Rebecca Long-Bailey 1.4%
Do not nominate 0.5%
Breakdown of the results pic.twitter.com/Jjv8Eru54R
1.30pm GMT
And, while we’re on about Boris Johnson‘s proposed bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, my colleague Dan Sabbagh has spoken to bomb disposal experts who say the plan is flawed because the bridge would span a vast offshore munitions dump.
Related: Bombs dumped in Irish Sea make bridge plan ‘too dangerous’
Source: Boris Johnson tells new cabinet to ‘deliver for the people’ in first meeting – live news
