Labour unveils Shadow Cabinet
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The Labour Party has unveiled the line-up of its Shadow Cabinet, with Alistair Darling acting as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer on a temporary basis and Yvette Cooper (pictured) taking on the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and minister for women and equalities.
Harriet Harman is acting leader of the Opposition while Lord Mandelson and Lord Adonis resign from the front bench.
The full Shadow Cabinet is as follows:
Acting Leader of the Opposition
Harriet Harman
Shadow Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
David Miliband
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Alistair Darling
Shadow Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice
Jack Straw
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
Alan Johnson
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Bob Ainsworth
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Pat McFadden
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and Equalities
Yvette Cooper
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Ed Miliband
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Andy Burnham
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Ed Balls
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
John Denham
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Sadiq Khan
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hilary Benn
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Douglas Alexander
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Tessa Jowell
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Shaun Woodward
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Jim Murphy
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Peter Hain
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Ben Bradshaw Tessa Jowell – Shadow Olympics Minister and Shadow Minister for London
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Jan Royall
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
Nick Brown
Shadow Housing Minister
John Healey
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal Rosie Winterton
Shadow Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Lord Steve Bassam
Shadow Attorney-General
Baroness Patricia Scotland
Shadow Children’s Minister
Dawn Primarolo
Parliamentary Labour Party Chair
Tony Llo
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Incompetent Regulators Awards Team | 21 May 2010 4:24 pm
Who gives a stuff about Labour?
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