![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/keir-starmer-begins-reshuffle-of-top-team-to-front-labours-election-campaign/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Keir-Starmer-Announces-Labours-Mission-To-Break-Down-Barriers-To-Opportunity.jpg&description=The Labour leader's pre-election shake-up of the Shadow Cabinet comes as MPs return from the summer recess and just weeks before his major address at party conference Keir Starmer has begun a reshuffle of his top team as he picks the faces who will front Labour's general election campaign. The Labour leader's pre-election shake-up comes as Parliament returns from the summer recess and just weeks before his major address at party conference. Key figures including Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper are expected to keep their posts. Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson will also maintain their health and education briefs. Mr Starmer is in discussions with his deputy Angela Rayner about whether she wants to take charge of a big Whitehall ministry, such as the Levelling Up and Housing super-department. Ms Rayner, who will be Deputy PM if Labour gets into power, has asked that she remain in charge of the party's policies on the future of work regardless of wherever she ends up. The first move came from Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon, who announced he would be stepping down from the Shadow Cabinet. In a letter to Mr Starmer, he described the move as a "difficult decision", but said he had "faced a number of personal challenges in the last year coming back from a serious illness". This breaking news story is being updated. * Follow Mirror Politics on Snapchat , Tiktok , Twitter and Facebook . Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox){kind=link}
The Labour leader’s pre-election shake-up of the Shadow Cabinet comes as MPs return from the summer recess and just weeks before his major address at party conference
Keir Starmer has begun a major reshuffle of his top team as he picks the faces who will front Labour’s general election campaign.
The Labour leader’s pre-election shake-up comes as Parliament returns from the summer recess and just weeks before his major address at party conference.
Key figures including Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper are expected to keep their posts. Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson will also maintain their health and education briefs.
In the first big move Mr Starmer’s deputy Angela Rayner is promoted to Shadow Levelling Up Secretary – a post held by the senior Labour figure Lisa Nandy. A Labour source told The Mirror: “Keir is delighted that Angela has accepted this important role, in addition she will continue to be the strategic lead on Labour’s new deal for working people.”