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| Labour reshuffle: Abbott to shadow home secretary | |
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| Diane Abbott has been promoted to shadow home secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle of his shadow cabinet. | |
| Shami Chakrabarti is shadow Attorney General while Jo Stevens is the new shadow Welsh secretary. | |
| Dame Rosie Winterton was replaced by Nick Brown as Labour chief whip, a job he held in the last Labour government. | |
| Former shadow home secretary Andy Burnham quit to run in the Greater Manchester mayoral election. | |
| Mr Corbyn, who was re-elected as Labour leader last month with an increased mandate, is embarking on a reshuffle of his top team. | Mr Corbyn, who was re-elected as Labour leader last month with an increased mandate, is embarking on a reshuffle of his top team. |
| Some posts have been vacant since a wave of shadow cabinet resignations in the aftermath of June's EU referendum with some MPs taking on multiple portfolios. | Some posts have been vacant since a wave of shadow cabinet resignations in the aftermath of June's EU referendum with some MPs taking on multiple portfolios. |
| A spokesman from his office said: "Jeremy has today spoken to a number of colleagues in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) and will continue to do so throughout the day. | A spokesman from his office said: "Jeremy has today spoken to a number of colleagues in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) and will continue to do so throughout the day. |
| "He has begun the process of appointing a new front bench team." | "He has begun the process of appointing a new front bench team." |
| The first announcement to be made was the appointment of Mr Brown, in place of Dame Rosie. | The first announcement to be made was the appointment of Mr Brown, in place of Dame Rosie. |
| Mr Brown said he hoped to "play a constructive role" in providing the "strongest possible opposition" to the Conservative government. | |
| Dame Rosie, who was opposition chief whip since 2010, said it had been an "honour" to do the job. | |
| Mr Corbyn said in a statement: "I welcome Nick's agreement to serve as chief whip to the parliamentary Labour party. | Mr Corbyn said in a statement: "I welcome Nick's agreement to serve as chief whip to the parliamentary Labour party. |
| "I would like to pay tribute to Rosie Winterton for her six years' exceptional service as chief whip. She has played an outstanding role in her support for me as leader and for the Labour Party as a whole." | "I would like to pay tribute to Rosie Winterton for her six years' exceptional service as chief whip. She has played an outstanding role in her support for me as leader and for the Labour Party as a whole." |
| Mr Brown, who served as chief whip under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, said of his new role: "I hope that I can bring experience and play a constructive role in providing the strongest possible opposition to this Tory government." | Mr Brown, who served as chief whip under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, said of his new role: "I hope that I can bring experience and play a constructive role in providing the strongest possible opposition to this Tory government." |
| Meanwhile, Ms Winterton said: "It has been an honour to have served as Labour's chief whip for the past six years under three different leaders. | Meanwhile, Ms Winterton said: "It has been an honour to have served as Labour's chief whip for the past six years under three different leaders. |
| "I would like to thank the whips and the Parliamentary Labour Party for the support they have given me. I wish Nick Brown every success in his new role." | "I would like to thank the whips and the Parliamentary Labour Party for the support they have given me. I wish Nick Brown every success in his new role." |
| A number of MPs unhappy with Mr Corbyn's leadership have said they could not serve in his shadow cabinet, including his former challenger Owen Smith. | A number of MPs unhappy with Mr Corbyn's leadership have said they could not serve in his shadow cabinet, including his former challenger Owen Smith. |
| Others are said to be considering serving under the leader if he reinstates elections to the shadow cabinet, which were axed by former leader Ed Miliband in 2011. | Others are said to be considering serving under the leader if he reinstates elections to the shadow cabinet, which were axed by former leader Ed Miliband in 2011. |
| BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said he understood Dame Rosie did not leave her job voluntarily, and that there was "some significance" to her removal. | |
| She had been trying to get a deal agreed on shadow cabinet elections and was seen as a "bulwark against attempts to deselect MPs that disagreed with Mr Corbyn". | She had been trying to get a deal agreed on shadow cabinet elections and was seen as a "bulwark against attempts to deselect MPs that disagreed with Mr Corbyn". |
| "So some Labour MPs are worried that her removal will make it easier for Jeremy Corbyn's supporters to move against his critics," he said. | "So some Labour MPs are worried that her removal will make it easier for Jeremy Corbyn's supporters to move against his critics," he said. |
| But he said her replacement is not a "classic Corbynista", having been close to Gordon Brown, and so it could be a sign Mr Corbyn is trying to reach out to MPs to heal divisions. | But he said her replacement is not a "classic Corbynista", having been close to Gordon Brown, and so it could be a sign Mr Corbyn is trying to reach out to MPs to heal divisions. |