Keir Starmer takes the gentle approach to wielding the knife in first reshuffle
Updated: 10/05/2021, 2:22 am
Sir Keir Starmer has undertaken his first reshuffle since being elected Labour leader in April 2020 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Reshuffles can be bloody affairs but vegetarian Sir Keir Starmer opted to do very little culling in his first attempt since becoming Labour leader.
Many of the rumoured sackings did not materialise, with the likes of Lisa Nandy keeping her shadow foreign role, while mooted promotions for Steve Reed and Wes Streeting were either put on ice or ended up being fairly minor.
Coming in the aftermath of the shock Hartlepool by-election defeat, the biggest change was the decision to promote Rachel Reeves to shadow chancellor – often seen as the second most powerful job in the shadow cabinet.