Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s shake-up of his top team has been unveiled.
Yvette Cooper has made a comeback to the Labour frontbench as the new shadow home secretary.
Another key role has gone to David Lammy who has been promoted to shadow foreign secretary.
He replaces Lisa Nandy, who will leave her position as shadow foreign secretary to become shadow secretary of state for levelling up.
There were rumours shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry could be moved to shadow home secretary – but she will replace Lord Falconer as shadow attorney general.
Meanwhile, shadow housing minister Lucy Powell has been promoted to become shadow secretary of state for culture.
She takes the job of Jo Stevens who announced earlier she will become shadow secretary of state for Wales.
Labour reshuffle in full
New appointments –
- David Lammy, shadow foreign secretary
- Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary
- Jonathan Reynolds, shadow business secretary
- Ed Miliband, shadow climate secretary
- Lisa Nandy, shadow levelling up secretary
- Lucy Powell, shadow culture secretary
- Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary
- Jim McMahon, shadow environment secretary
- Wes Streeting, shadow health secretary
- Jonathan Ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary
- Nick Thomas-Symonds, shadow international trade secretary
- Steve Reed, shadow justice secretary
- Emily Thornberry, shadow attorney general
- Pat McFadden, shadow chief secretary to the treasury
- Jo Stevens, shadow secretary of state for Wales
- Peter Kyle, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland
Out –
- Cat Smith, left position as shadow minister for young people and democracy
- Lord Falconer, left position as shadow attorney general
- Kate Green, left position of shadow education secretary
- Nia Griffith, left position as shadow secretary of state for Wales
- Luke Pollard, left position as shadow environment secretary
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