Following the 2017 general election, corbyn began a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet: on 14 june 2017: emily thornberry appointed shadow first secretary of state; owen smith appointed shadow secretary of state for northern ireland; andrew gwynne appointed shadow secretary of state for communities and local government. Labour leader jeremy corbyn has appointed rebecca long-bailey as shadow business secretary, as he reshuffled the shadow cabinet. sue hayman takes the environment, food and rural affairs brief. Corbyn replaces lewis in shadow cabinet reshuffle. by. bbc news - february 8, 2017. 0. 15. shadow welsh secretary. the new shadow chief secretary to the treasury is peter dowd. the business brief became vacant when clive lewis resigned on wednesday to oppose his party in the brexit vote..
It comes as mr corbyn conducted a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet to fill vacancies left by senior frontbenchers who quit in order to defy his orders to back the bill triggering brexit.. The only changes in the shadow cabinet see anti-trident mp emily thornberry replacing shadow defence secretary maria eagle, who moves to culture to replace sacked michael dugher.. A shadow cabinet was announced by the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, following a small reshuffle in january 2016. following the 2016 referendum in which britain voted to leave the european union , a large number of shadow cabinet ministers resigned..
