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Ed Miliband has made a return to frontline politics as new
Labour leader Keir Starmer appointed MPs to his top team.
The former party leader is the new shadow business secretary, Labour announced today.
Starmer has made a decisive break with the
Jeremy Corbyn era, with no fewer than 14 shadow ministers asked to stand down, including former deputy leadership candidates Richard Burgon and Dawn Butler.
Starmer’s rivals for the leadership were also handed positions, with Rebecca Long-Bailey moved to the education brief and Lisa Nandy promoted to be shadow foreign secretary.
David Lammy, meanwhile, becomes shadow justice secretary, and Rosena Allin-Khan is now shadow minister for mental health. Keir Starmer’s Labour shadow cabinet Keir Starmer, leader
Angela Rayner, deputy leader and party chair
Lisa Nandy, shadow foreign secretary
Nick Thomas-Symonds, shadow home secretary
Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
David Lammy, shadow justice secretary
John Healey, shadow defence secretary
Ed Miliband, shadow business, energy and industrial secretary
Emily Thornberry, shadow international trade secretary
Jonathan Reynolds, shadow work and pensions secretary
Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary
Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow education secretary
Jo Stevens, shadow culture secretary
Bridget Philipson, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury
Luke Pollard, shadow environment secretary
Steve Reed, shadow communities secretary
Thangam Debbonaire, shadow housing secretary
Jim McMahon, shadow transport secretary
Preet Kaur Gill, shadow international development secretary
Louise Haigh, shadow Northern
Ireland secretary
Ian Murray, shadow
Scotland secretary
Nia Griffith, shadow Wales secretary
Marsha de Cordova, shadow women and equalities secretary
Andy McDonald, shadow employment rights and protections secretary
Rosena Allin-Khan, shadow minister for mental health
Cat Smith, shadow minister for young people and voter engagement
Lord Falconer, shadow attorney general
Valerie Vaz, shadow leader of the House
Nick Brown, chief whip
Baroness Smith, shadow leader of the Lords
Lord McAvoy, Lords’ chief whipStarmer said in a statement: “I’m proud to have appointed a shadow cabinet that showcases the breadth, depth and talents of the Labour Party. “This is a new team that will be relentlessly focused on acting in the national interest to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and rebuilding Labour so that it can win the next election.”
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