…and Yvette Cooper is shadow foreign secretary. Ed Balls gets shadow home. So, looks as though Ed Miliband has bypassed the family psychodrama with an appointment that few expected, or even thought of, until this morning. Johnson was 16/1 with Ladbrokes for the shadow chancellorship going into today.
UPDATE: Paul Waugh has the full list. Here it is:
Leader of the Opposition — Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband MP
Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development — Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer — Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Women and Equalities — Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department — Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Chief Whip — Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Coordinator — Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Shadow Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice (with responsibility for political and constitutional reform) — Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions — Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills — Rt Hon John Denham MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Health — Rt Hon John Healey MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government — Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence — Rt Hon Jim Murphy
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change — Meg Hillier MP
Shadow Leader of the House of...
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