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Ex-DCLG ministers quit ahead of Labour reshuffle

Two former Cabinet ministers at the DCLG have stepped down from Labour's front bench team.

By Mark Conrad | 07 October 2011

Two former Cabinet ministers at the Department for Communities and Local Government have stepped down from Labour's front bench team as leader Ed Miliband prepares to announce an Opposition reshuffle.

Former communities secretary John Denham and former housing minister John Healey, who between them shared the DCLG Cabinet brief under Gordon Brown, announced their resignations last night.

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