1.43pm: ed miliband has today appointed his shadow cabinet. the main surprise is the selection of alan johnson as shadow chancellor. the job was expected to go to either ed balls or yvette cooper. Shadow cabinet appointments. jeremy corbyn mp, leader of the labour party, said: �i am delighted to announce four appointments to fill shadow cabinet vacancies. i look forward to working with the strengthened shadow cabinet as we prepare a government in waiting to carry out our manifesto for the many not the few.. His shadow cabinet appointments included mps associated with the various wings of the party. former leader william hague was appointed to the foreign affairs brief, while both george osborne and david davis were retained, as shadow chancellor of the exchequer and shadow home secretary respectively..
Jeremy corbyn has moved to shore up his power base by appointing a raft of left-wing loyalists to his new-look shadow cabinet. after being hit by an unprecedented mass walk-out of shadow ministers. Corbyn reshuffle: owen smith joins shadow cabinet former labour leadership rival becomes shadow northern ireland secretary in one of four new appointments as most frontbenchers retain jobs heather. The appointments include some who had resigned positions in the shadow cabinet last year and a former minister under tony blair..
