Labour reshuffle: Ed Miliband handed new Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary role

Michael Holder
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Ed Miliband has been named Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero
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Ed Miliband has been named Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero

Role will see him closely with new Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds while Louise Haigh takes on Shadow Transport brief

Ed Miliband has been handed the newly created role of Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero in Labour's frontbench team, passing his previous business brief on to Jonathan Reynolds,...

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