Not exact matches
Eagle is shifted to
shadow culture secretary, taking over
from the ousted Michael Dugher.
There was furious backlash in the Labour party after Jeremy Corbyn sacked Michael Dugher
from his job as
shadow culture secretary.
But Jeremy Hunt, the
shadow Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport has kept his cards close to his chest so far on broadcasting — apart
from some conventional pieties about the importance of public service broadcasting and the need to keep Channel 4 going through some funding fudge.
Chuka Umunna, the
shadow business
secretary, insisted Miliband has established a «new generation leading the party» that is entirely different
from the
culture under Brown.
He moved Maria Eagle, who supports Trident,
from her role as
shadow defence
secretary to
shadow culture secretary in his January reshuffle, installing Thornberry instead.
Tom Watson, the Labour deputy leader and
shadow culture secretary, wrote to Hancock asking him to recuse himself
from any policy discussions about the Evening Standard or its commercial interests given his history of working as Osborne's chief of staff.
With a series of allegations faced by some Labour MPs, as well as a number of Conservatives, Corbyn has been under pressure to explain why he made Hopkins
shadow culture secretary in 2016 after complaints
from a party activist.