Jeremy corbyn has begun work on building a new front bench, plugging gaps in his shadow cabinet following his re-election as labour leader last week.. Meet labour's shadow cabinet. meet labour's shadow cabinet. find an event volunteer labour's shadow minister for women and equalities. cat smith the house of lords. valerie vaz. shadow leader of the house of commons. jon trickett. shadow lord president of the council and shadow minister for the cabinet office. john healey. shadow. Yvette cooper has come top of labour's vote for its new shadow cabinet. the former work and pensions secretary's husband ed balls came third, with ex-housing minister john healey in second place.
Jeremy corbyn has sought to fight off charges of sexism by appointing a shadow cabinet with more women than men for the first time in history. the new labour leader came under fire after deciding. If elected as leader, the former shadow work and pensions secretary would commit to using all women shortlists in targeted seats until half of mps are women, appointing a shadow cabinet with 50-50. Interviews with women standing up for what's right (usa, 2017).
