Details on the Labour Party's new front bench line up and its deputy leader should be clear by early next week.

Parliament's due to resume sitting for its last session before the summer recess and as it stands Labour is heading towards a resumption of business with no deputy leader and no finance spokesperson.

Labour leader Andrew Little is currently in discussions with his MPs on the matters and it appears they will be thrashed out before parliament resumes.

"That work is ongoing, and I'm making good progress," he says