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Clive Lewis reappointed to Labour's frontbench | |
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Clive Lewis has returned to Labour’s frontbench in a shadow ministerial reshuffle, as Jeremy Corbyn announced 13 new appointments to the junior ranks. | |
The Norwich South MP resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in February last year after the Labour leader imposed a three-line whip on the Government’s Brexit bill. | |
The former Shadow Business Secretary was made a junior shadow minister for the Treasury on Friday alongside Lyn Brown, the MP for West Ham, Labour said. | |
In December he was cleared of sexual harassment following a party investigation. A female activist had claimed Mr Lewis touched her inappropriately at a Momentum event, which he denied. | In December he was cleared of sexual harassment following a party investigation. A female activist had claimed Mr Lewis touched her inappropriately at a Momentum event, which he denied. |
Mr Corbyn claimed his team was now a “Government-in-waiting”. | Mr Corbyn claimed his team was now a “Government-in-waiting”. |
The Labour leader’s second-tier reshuffle comes at the end of a bruising week for Theresa May, whose own attempts to reshape her top team went awry. | |
Education Secretary Justine Greening quit the Government rather than move to a different department, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt held on to his role – adding social care to his brief – by resisting the PM’s plan to swap him with Greg Clark, the Business Secretary. | Education Secretary Justine Greening quit the Government rather than move to a different department, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt held on to his role – adding social care to his brief – by resisting the PM’s plan to swap him with Greg Clark, the Business Secretary. |
Other new shadow ministers appointed on Friday were: | Other new shadow ministers appointed on Friday were: |