Rayner gets a level up role when Starmer shuffles the Labor team

Angela Rayner will now oversee the main political department, closely associated with Red Wall locations. Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Sir Keir Starmer named Angela Rayner in charge of housing and equalization policies for the Labor Party on Monday in a shadow cabinet reshuffle that laid the groundwork for the election campaign.

Deputy Leader, considered by many to be popular among the traditional Labor base of support, would also formally be given the title of Deputy Prime Minister if the party won the post.

Lisa Nandy, Sir Keir's rival for the 2020 lead, has been demoted and Ms Rayner has taken her old job.

This means that Ms Rayner, Deputy Leader, is now a shadow of the main political department, with close ties to Red Wall locations in the Midlands and North as the general election approaches.

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A larger-than-expected upheaval within the Labor Party has resulted in a number of prominent figures from the Tony Blair-era moderates in important roles.

Hilary Benn, who served as Minister for International Development and Minister for the Environment Wednesday in the New Labor years was named Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland and Liz Kendall, who fought in a leadership race in 2015 when members supported Jeremy Corbyn, became Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions.

Pat McFadden will lead this position. cabinet if Labor regains power, and is also now Labor's leader of parliament in the general election campaign.

The moderate political instincts and past experience in government of many of the reshuffle winners have been accompanied by high-profile demotions for some of them , who are considered by many to be the «soft left».

Ms. Nandi now has a short description of international development, officially recognized as the role of the shadow cabinet, but one position below the shadow foreign minister, a position she held two years ago, while Rosena Allin-Khan announced she was leaving as Shadow Minister for Mental Health after Sir Keir refused to upgrade the position to a full cabinet role. .

Jonathan Ashworth has been removed from his job and pensions and will instead oversee the Treasurer General while holding a ministerial position in the cabinet. Ashworth's allies have attempted to brush off the demotion claims, saying he will also be on the air more often and is, in fact, «Today Program Minister» as well.

More broadly, the highest-ranking shadow cabinet ministers — those in charge of health, home affairs, foreign policy, the economy and the environment — have not been relocated. Ed Miliband, the former leader of the Labor Party in charge of climate change and zero emissions, remains in office.

The reshuffles were notable for the apparent smoothness with which they were carried out, given that the previous shake-ups under Sir Keir had lasted several days and escalated into an information war.

Ms Rayner could not be fired as deputy leader of the Labor Party, given that As with Sir Keir's position as leader, the role is directly elected by the members of the Labor Party.

The couple had a lukewarm relationship at times, and Ms Rayner was seen by many as far more leftist and closer. unions than Sir Keir. An attempt to move her in the last reshuffle led to a standoff, resulting in Ms. Rayner receiving a long and unwieldy title involving at least three different briefs.

Other winners in the reshuffle included Darren Jones. , who was moved from the back bench to become Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury.