Stephen Twigg appointed shadow education secretary
Janaki Mahadevan
Friday, October 7, 2011
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has announced that Stephen Twigg will take over the post of shadow education secretary as Andy Burnham moves back to the health brief.
Twigg lost his seat in Enfield in 2005 but was relected to the Liverpool West Derby seat in May 2010.
Twigg was made minister of state for school standards in 2004 until he lost his seat in 2005.
Announcing the shadow cabinet reshuffle, Miliband said: "Families across Britain are worried about how they will make ends meet, anxious about what the future holds for their children and tired of the way irresponsibility is tolerated across our society.
"My decision to appoint half-a-dozen members of the 2010 intake shows the talent that Labour has and the way in which this new generation can join us in taking Labour’s agenda forward.
"Together we will show how the government is failing to help families that face a cost-of-living crisis, how they are failing to take action on energy bills and rail fares and failing to get the economy moving again.
"[Those taking up new appointments] will show how we aspire to be a government, not for more of the same, but to deliver a new bargain for the British people."
Chuka Umunna is another new face for the shadow cabinet, taking up the post of shadow business, innovation and skills secretary. He was elected as MP for Streatham in May 2010.