Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has left the position of shadow secretary of state for Scotland vacant following an emergency cabinet reshuffle.

Mr Corbyn lost 12 members of his shadow cabinet on Sunday and has made a series of appointments in an effort to shore up his position.

However, he has not chosen a new shadow secretary of state to replace Ian Murray, the only Labour MP in Scotland.

At the weekend, the Edinburgh South member said: "I think Jeremy Corbyn has to look at himself seriously in the mirror and see if he sees himself walking down Downing Street as being prime minister, whether or not there's a general election in six months, or in May 2020.

"I think he's going to find it very difficult to answer yes to those questions regrettably.

"He's a decent human being, a lovely man who I got on incredibly well with, but he just can't lead the Labour Party and I don't think the public think he could be prime minister."

Former shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry will replace Hilary Benn, who was sacked as shadow foreign secretary in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Other appointments confirmed by Mr Corbyn in his reshuffle were Pat Glass as shadow education secretary, Andy McDonald in the transport brief, Clive Lewis in defence, Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow chief secretary and Kate Osamor as the new shadow development secretary.

The shadow environment, food and rural affairs portfolio has gone to Rachel Maskell, Cat Smith is the shadow voter engagement and youth affairs minister and Dave Anderson will be shadow Northern Ireland secretary.

The chaos in the Labour ranks saw a string of junior frontbenchers follow the lead of their former shadow cabinet colleagues in quitting in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership.

Junior frontbenchers including Diana Johnson, Anna Turley, Steve Reed, Yvonne Fovargue and Toby Perkins resigned as the protest against Mr Corbyn's leadership continued, with some ministerial aides including Stephen Kinnock - the son of former Labour leader Lord Kinnock - also quitting.

A motion of no confidence is set to be considered at the Parliamentary Labour Party meeting, with the possibility of a secret vote on Tuesday.

The party's leaders in the Lords are set to refuse to attend meetings of Mr Corbyn's top team.