Michael Dugher: I paid price for speaking out

Michael Dugher said he has "paid the price" for speaking out in defence of colleagues.

The former shadow culture secretary has been the first - and so far only - minister to be sacked during Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle of the Labour cabinet.

Mr Dugher said he thought it was only right to speak up for "good, hardworking" colleagues and accused those employed by Jeremy Corbyn of "systematically trashing" members of the shadow cabinet.

He said he "believed Jeremy when he said we could have a free vote [on Syria]" and said he had joined the shadow cabinet because he thought debate and dissent would be allowed.

He said Mr Corbyn should be "true to the standards he set himself".