shadow cabinet

Lord Prescott joined the shadow cabinet in 1983 with responsibility for transport.

Badenoch said her new shadow cabinet "draws on the talents of people from across the Conservative Party, based on meritocracy and with a breadth of experience and perspective".

New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has started making the first appointments to her top team, ahead of her new shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Rebecca Harris has been appointed the Conservative Party's chief whip as Kemi Badenoch begins the process of assembling her new shadow cabinet.

With appointments to her shadow cabinet expected in the next couple of days, Badenoch said she wanted to show the party was united with a meritocratically selected front bench.