Harriet Harman announces new Shadow Cabinet appointments

Labour’s new Shadow Cabinet is: Leader of the Opposition and Acting Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Chris Leslie MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham MP Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Chuka Umunna MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rachel Reeves MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Tristram Hunt MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Emma Reynolds MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Caroline Flint MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Chair of the National Policy Forum Angela Eagle MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Ivan Lewis MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Mary Creagh MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Maria Eagle MP Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Lucy Powell MP

 Shadow Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Party Chair Jon Trickett MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Gloria De Piero MP

 Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Chris Bryant MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Shabana Mahmood MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton

Also attending Shadow Cabinet: Shadow Minister for Care and Older People Liz Kendall MP Shadow Attorney General Lord Bach

Brb still sobbing because Ed Balls isn’t shadow chancellor anymore :(