Meacher replaced mowlam as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster and shadow minister for the citizen's charter. he was in turn replaced by clarke at the overseas development portfolio, and clarke was replaced as scottish spokesperson by new shadow cabinet minister george robertson.. Mr benn served as a minister in both the blair and brown governments, and was shadow secretary of state for communities and local government in ed miliband's shadow cabinet. he faced chancellor. Jeremy corbyn has unveiled what he called a "unifying" new shadow cabinet, naming his left-wing ally john mcdonnell as shadow chancellor. defeated leadership rival andy burnham is shadow home.
Chaos behind jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet reshuffle revealed labour leader appoints john mcdonnell, the man who wanted to assassinate margaret thatcher, as his shadow chancellor.. 1.43pm: ed miliband has today appointed his shadow cabinet. the main surprise is the selection of alan johnson as shadow chancellor. the job was expected to go to either ed balls or yvette cooper. Hard-left mp john mcdonnell, who was appointed shadow chancellor by jeremy corbyn, said he would like to go back to the 1980s and assassinate margaret thatcher..
