Keir Starmer has assembled his new top team for the first time after a reshuffle saw several key players demoted – while key allies enjoyed signficant promotions.
Sir Keir told his new team that the party had made “real progress” but there was “a long, long way to go”, opening Tuesday’s shadow cabinet meeting by saying there could be “absolutely no complacency”.
Mr Starmer – accused by campaigners on the left of assembling “a narrow band of Blairites” – told the senior Labour MPs that they had been chosen for their “hunger” ahead of an “important and crucial” political period.
The decision to move Angela Rayner to levelling up secretary saw Lisa Nandy – seen as a leading figure in Labour’s “soft left” – demoted to the international development brief.
Liz Kendall, considered to be on the right of the party, was promoted to shadow work and pensions secretary. And Pat McFadden, a former political secretary to Sir Tony Blair, moves from shadow Treasury chief secretary to shadow Cabinet Office minister.
Below is the full list of the new positions in the Labour shadow cabinet following the latest reorganisation.
Deputy Leader, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Angela Rayner
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: Rachel Reeves
Shadow Secretary of State for Education: Bridget Phillipson
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department: Yvette Cooper
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: Wes Streeting
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ed Miliband
Shadow Foreign Secretary: David Lammy
Sir Keir Starmer during the first meeting of his new Shadow Cabinet— (PA)
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and National Campaign Coordinator: Pat McFadden
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office): Nick Thomas-Symonds
Shadow Paymaster General (Cabinet Office): Jonathan Ashworth
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice: Shabana Mahmood
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Jonathan Reynolds
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Liz Kendall
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: John Healey
Sir Keir Starmer, with Angela Rayner (left) and Rachel Reeves, arriving with his shadow cabinet in central London— (PA)
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport: Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Thangam Debbonaire
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the Labour Party: Anneliese Dodds
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Steve Reed
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology: Peter Kyle
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Hilary Benn
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland: Ian Murray
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: Jo Stevens
Shadow Attorney General: Emily Thornberry
Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development: Lisa Nandy.
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Darren Jones
Deputy National Campaign Coordinator: Ellie Reeves
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Lucy Powell
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons: Alan Campbell 30. Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Angela Smith
Opposition Chief in the House of Lords: Roy Kennedy
