November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle

On 29 November 2021, Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, carried out a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet.^[1]^[2] The slimmed down shadow cabinet, was seen to be Starmer creating a top team in his own image.^[3]

Considered a surprise,^[4] this reshuffle included the promotion of Yvette Cooper and David Lammy to Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Foreign Secretary, respectively, while Miliband was moved from Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy to Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero. The appointment of Cooper in particular was described by some commentators as a sign of Labour further splitting from the Corbyn leadership and moving to the right.^[5]

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg and Robert Peston of ITV News said that the reshuffle aimed to "combine experience and youth" and end "the fatuous project of trying to ... placate Labour's warring factions", and instead chose "shadow ministers for their perceived ability".^[6]^[7] In the New Statesman, journalist Stephen Bush suggested that Starmer had "removed underperforming shadow cabinet ministers and rewarded his biggest hitters – but the resulting shadow cabinet looks to be less than the sum of its parts."^[8]

^ "Labour reshuffle: Yvette Cooper becomes shadow home secretary". BBC News. 29 November 2021.
^ Heather Stewart (29 November 2021). "Labour reshuffle: who's up and who's down in Keir Starmer's shake-up". The Guardian.
^ Isabel Hardman (29 November 2021). "Starmer's attention-grabbing shadow cabinet reshuffle". The Spectator.
^ "Yvette Cooper returns as Starmer reshuffles his shadow cabinet". The Independent. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "Yvette Cooper Makes Labour Frontbench Comeback After Keir Starmer Reshuffles Top Team". Politics Home. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ Kuenssberg, Laura (29 November 2021). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer aims to combine experience and youth". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Peston, Robert (29 November 2021). "Keir Starmer chooses the Labour team he actually rates". ITV News. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Bush, Stephen (29 November 2021). "Keir Starmer's new-look shadow cabinet is less than the sum of its parts". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[1] "Labour reshuffle: Yvette Cooper becomes shadow home secretary". BBC News. 29 November 2021.

[2] Heather Stewart (29 November 2021). "Labour reshuffle: who's up and who's down in Keir Starmer's shake-up". The Guardian.

[3] Isabel Hardman (29 November 2021). "Starmer's attention-grabbing shadow cabinet reshuffle". The Spectator.

[4] "Yvette Cooper returns as Starmer reshuffles his shadow cabinet". The Independent. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[5] "Yvette Cooper Makes Labour Frontbench Comeback After Keir Starmer Reshuffles Top Team". Politics Home. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[6] Kuenssberg, Laura (29 November 2021). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer aims to combine experience and youth". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[7] Peston, Robert (29 November 2021). "Keir Starmer chooses the Labour team he actually rates". ITV News. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[8] Bush, Stephen (29 November 2021). "Keir Starmer's new-look shadow cabinet is less than the sum of its parts". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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