Prime minister promotes several newcomers straight into junior front bench roles
Sir Keir Starmer has relegated 31 MPs and peers to the backbenches after opting to beef up his cabinet with outside experts and fresh blood, creating a cohort of disaffected lawmakers that could “cause trouble” for the new government. At least 22 former front bench MPs are now backbenchers, including former shadow attorney-general Emily Thornberry, shadow science minister Chi Onwurah, shadow children’s minister Helen Hayes and shadow prisons minister Ruth Cadbury.
“It sends a signal that being a team player and working hard isn’t enough,” they said, adding that they now saw an opportunity to provide more “constructive criticism”. Thornberry on Monday said she was “sorry and surprised” at Starmer’s decision to overlook her for a post in government, after he decided to appoint human rights lawyer Richard Hermer as attorney-general. Onwurah, Hayes and Cadbury were contacted for comment.
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