It follows an internal review led by South Belfast MP Claire Hanna in the wake of May's election in which the SDLP suffered significant losses.
The SDLP is axing its deputy leader role in a shake-up to "modernise" party structures after a bruising Stormont election.
An internal meeting of members was held at the weekend at a Belfast hotel to discuss the findings of the review. Party sources, who described the review meeting as "positive", said it was felt the deputy leader position did not have a clearly defined role within the party's structures. The MP said it would give members the "tools to campaign on the issues that matter to the people we represent".
From the Northern Ireland Protocol to other thorny issues inside Stormont and exclusive interviews - we’ve got you covered."We want to build a united leadership team where everybody's involved in those decision-making processes," he said.
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