Keir Starmer urged to curtail Lord Mandelson s influence
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10 May 2021 ⢠5:48pm
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Sir Keir Starmer has been told to curtail Lord Mandelson, or risk the civil war deepening within the Labour Party.Â
Over the weekend the architect of New Labour - who is said to be advising the current leadership - said at the weekend the hard left factions attached to trade unions have got to go .Â
Today Mick Whelan, boss of the train drivers union Aslef and chair of the Tulo umbrella organisation, called on Sir Keir to cut ties with the Blairite peer, noting those comments have caused considerable concern and anger .Â
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Birmingham Ladywood MP Shabana Mahmood comes in as national campaign co-ordinator.
Ms Rayner has also been given other responsibilities in the reshuffle, with Labour confirming she will be shadow first secretary of state, while also having a “future of work” brief.
Rayner: ‘Labour speaks for the working class’
Taking to Twitter, Ms Rayner said she would “work tirelessly to reform our party” in order to “show that the Labour Party speaks for the working class”.
As part of the firing and hiring, Nick Brown has been replaced as shadow chief whip by Alan Campbell, while Thangam Debbonaire has been moved to shadow Commons leader.
Diane Abbott urged beleaguered Labour leader Keir Starmer to campaign to bring back freedom of movement between the UK and the EU today - after a weekend of humiliation at the hands of voters in the party s Brexit-backing former heartlands.
The hard Left former shadow home secretary urged Sir Keir to return to promoting 10 pledges he made when running to replace Jeremy Corbyn early last year, as part of a winning strategy .
The pledges included one in which he vowed to defend free movement as we leave the EU , as well as increasing taxes on the top 5 per cent and abolishing Universal Credit benefits.
LABOUR leader Keir Starmer has reshuffled his shadow cabinet after the party’s disappointing election performance. Among the changes are the promotion of Rachel Reeves to shadow chancellor, while Anneliese Dodds, her predecessor in the role, becomes party chairman. Former economist Reeves has added shadow chancellor to the long list of shadow roles she has held during her decade in Parliament. First elected to represent Leeds West in 2010, within six months she was the shadow minister for pensions. After subsequent roles at shadowing in the Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions, Reeves assumed the role of shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – opposite Michael Gove – when Keir became party leader.
Updated: May 10 2021, 10:32 ET
SIR Keir Starmer began a stuttering reshuffle after a weekend of chaos in Labour ranks following the party’s disastrous election results.
Here is who is in the new shadow cabinet. Read our Elections 2021 live blog for the very latest updates
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Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet after a series of disappointing results in elections on May 6, 2021Credit: LNP
Who s in Keir Starmer s cabinet?
Angela Rayner - Shadow First Secretary of State
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy party leader Angela RaynerCredit: PA
Rayner has been moved from party chair and national campaigns coordinator to shadow Cabinet Office minister.