Labour’s New Shadow Cabinet Announced
New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has today named his shadow cabinet. They are:
Shadow chancellor – John McDonnell
Shadow home secretary – Andy Burnham
Shadow foreign secretary – Hilary Benn
Deputy leader – Tom Watson
Shadow business secretary – Angela Eagle
Shadow health secretary – Heidi Alexander
Shadow justice secretary – Lord Falconer
Shadow Commons leader – Chris Bryant
Shadow international development – Diane Abbott
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury – Seema Malhotra
Shadow education secretary – Lucy Powell
Shadow Northern Ireland secretary – Vernon Coaker
Shadow secretary of state for Scotland – Ian Murray
Chief whip – Rosie Winterton
Shadow defence secretary – Maria Eagle
Shadow work and pensions secretary – Owen
SmithShadow energy secretary – Lisa Nandy
Shadow environment secretary – Kerry McCarthy
Shadow communities secretary – Jon Trickett
Shadow culture secretary – Michael Dugher
Shadow secretary of state for transport – Lilian Greenwood
Shadow secretary of state for Wales – Nia Griffith
Shadow minister for young people and voter registration – Gloria De Piero
Shadow minister for mental health – Luciana Berger
Shadow leader of the House of Lords – Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lords chief whip – Lord Bassam of Brighton
Shadow attorney general- Catherine McKinnell
Shadow minister without portfolio – Jonathan Ashworth
Shadow minister for housing and planning – John Healey