Former labour leadership rival becomes shadow northern ireland secretary in one of four new appointments as most frontbenchers retain jobs. Jeremy corbyn has appointed ten mps to his shadow cabinet to replace a raft of mps who resigned over the weekend and on monday morning. the labour leader unveiled the appointments at 8.30am and. Corbyn named his first shadow cabinet appointments on 13 september and announced its full composition on 14 september. one of labour's largest reshuffles, the announcement was further delayed by a large number of previous shadow cabinet members publicly announcing they would not participate under corbyn, even if called to do so..
1.49pm: this is the statement from ed miliband about his new team. i am delighted with my new shadow cabinet, drawn from a broad range of talents across our party. my team is united in one central. Jeremy corbyn has unveiled what he called a "unifying" new shadow cabinet, naming his left-wing ally john mcdonnell as shadow chancellor. defeated leadership rival andy burnham is shadow home. �
