From 42m agoKey events8m agoLisa Nandy made shadow cabinet minster for international development27m agoSunak faces likely new byelection challenge after Pincher loses appeal against 8-week suspension42m agoAngela Rayner promoted to official shadow deputy PM and shadow levelling up secretary1h agoStarmer thanks McMahon, and suggests impact of threats against MP were factor in his resignation from shadow cabinet1h agoJim McMahon resigns as shadow environment secretary as Starmer’s shadow cabinet reshuffle starts2h agoGavin Williamson should apologise for bullying former chief whip during funeral tickets row, watchdog says2h agoGillian Keegan says she was being ‘very cautious’ when she ordered safety measures for schools with Raac3h agoLabour says Sunak has ‘huge culpability’ for Raac school building crisisFilters BETAKey events (8)Keir Starmer (5)Jonathan Slater (4)Rishi Sunak (3)8m ago06.39 EDTLisa Nandy made shadow cabinet minster for international development
Lisa Nandy has been made shadow cabinet minister for international development. She was shadow levelling up secretary.
Lisa Nandy MP @LisaNandy has been appointed Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development.
Lisa Nandy MP @LisaNandy has been appointed Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development. pic.twitter.com/I4RpKvvG1l
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) September 4, 2023
Nandy has not been made shadow international development secretary because there is no international development secretary. There used to be one when the Department for International Development was a standalone department, but Boris Johnson merged it with the Foreign Office, in what amounted to a significant downgrading of the status of international development.
Nandy will shadow Andrew Mitchell, the development minister. He attends cabinet, but is not formally a member. Nandy’s title implies she would have full cabinet status.
Last year Starmer said he would recreate DfID as a separate department in its own right. But recently there have been reports saying he may keep it as part of the Foreign Office, on the grounds that that would be less disruptive.
Labour has not said yet what is happening to Preet Gill, the former shadow international development minister.
Updated at 06.46 EDT27m ago06.21 EDTSunak faces likely new byelection challenge after Pincher loses appeal against 8-week suspension
Rishi Sunak is facing the prospect of another byelection challenge after the independent expert panel reject Chris Pincher’s appeal against a standards committee report saying he should be suspended from the Commons for eight weeks for groping two men.
Pincher appealed to the IEP, claiming the punishment was disproportionate. In a report out this morning, the IEP says it wasn’t. It says:
We consider the [standards] committee approached this task properly, with the correct considerations in mind, and applying its members’ experience of the House of Commons, fairness and obvious reason to the facts of…
2023-09-04 05:30:34
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