morning is there was a speech by the deputy labour leader on the subject of standards and that she had been speaking for barely a minute or two when rumours started flashing around on social media that there was going to be a reshuffle under way. on labour s front bench. when it came to questions after the speech about standards, i asked a question about standards, i asked a question about standards and, indeed, about the reshuffle and there were umpteen other questions about the reshuffle in which angela rayner said she knew very little about it and she was focused on standards. afterwards, she and her team said there had been a meeting this morning between angela rayner and keir starmer about the reshuffle, that was something that was confirmed by keir starmer s team, but the bottom line is she had a very little to say about the reshuffle, was clearly irritated she had not been consulted about it and onlyjust knew
the shadow cabinet is yvette cooper. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has the details. chris. this reshuffle began this morning as the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, was giving evidence about mp s rayner, was giving evidence about mp s scandals. it seemed to have blindsided her. there was clear public irritation between the labour leader and his deputy. as for the reshuffle itself, it eventually came this evening. let s talk through some of the key moves. yvette cooper returning to the front bench as shadow home secretary, former minister and labour was in power. she has been the chair of the home affairs select committee between her and the home secretary, priti patel. we see the rise of relative youth with less treating being promoted to shadow health secretary. he has returned from cancer surgery and
government wants to go ahead making changes to the disciplinary system for mps, for example trying to introduce an appeals process and he hopes that they will be able to get some of the parties on board with that but it will be distinct from this particular case which of course, as you have mentioned, even patterson himself has resigned. that was officially confirmed today by the treasury that he has resigned as an mp and there will be a by election in his north shropshire constituency. the deputy labour leader said that is not the end of it, though. it leader said that is not the end of it, though- leader said that is not the end of it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics- it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics- we it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics. we are it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics. we are very it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics. we are very clear i it, though. it is a terrible misuse of optics. we are very clear as i it
arrested in halifax on suspicion of malicious communications after the deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner, received a string of threats. that is according to the press association. the 52 year old man arrested in halifax on suspicion of malicious communication after the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, received a series of threats. in the light of the killing of david ami5, there is a lot of focus on attempts to harass members of parliament and concerns at what point harassment becomes a direct threat and a danger to people. angela rayner, a labour mp, has been a labour mp since 2015. and she made her maiden speech in 2015. she is very prominent being number two in the labour party. some controversy at the conference when
suspect. a serving metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape. pc adam zaman, who s 28, is alleged to have carried out the attack in the city of london on sunday evening when he was off duty. he s been remanded in custody to appear at westminster the government has released its daily coromavirus figures. they show: a further 43,941 people in the uk have tested positive for coronavirus, and 207 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus. from today, the government will publish daily figures on the number of booster or third vaccine doses given out in the uk which is currently about 6.7 million. a 52 year old man has been arrested in halifax in west yorkshire after the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, received a string of threats. greater manchester police said they launched an investigation after multiple threatening and abusive phone calls, emails and letters were sent over recent weeks. a spokesman for ms rayner said the abuse didn tjust have a