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With a general election expected before the end of 2024, Sir Keir Starmer has appointed the team he wants to take into government.

The Labour leader said his latest reshuffle meant the party had "a strong team on the pitch that is ready to deliver the change our country desperately needs".

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So who are the key figures that could be sitting around the cabinet table as ministers if Labour takes power?

When Sir Keir was elected Labour leader in 2020, Angela Rayner was also chosen by members to serve as his deputy - a position she has held since (and one she can't be shuffled from).

She became the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in 2015, having previously been been a trade union representative for Unison.

And since her time in parliament began, she has been no stranger to the shadow cabinet - beginning in the whips' office in 2016 under the then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, before going on to numerous roles including shadow pensions minister, shadow education secretary and the party's national campaign co-ordinator.

In the latest reshuffle, Ms Rayner was officially given the title of shadow deputy prime minister, solidifying her place next to Sir Keir if he becomes PM. And she was appointed shadow levelling up secretary, meaning if Labour gets into government, she will be in charge of key issues like housing and local government.

Rachel Reeves is hoping to become the UK’s first ever female chancellor if Labour gets into power next year.

Before becoming an MP in 2010, she graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE), and worked as an economist at the Bank of England, as well as in the British Embassy in Washington DC.

She has held a handful of shadow roles in her 13 years in parliament, including shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and shadow work and pensions secretary - both under Ed Miliband's leadership - but it wasn't until Sir Keir took over that she got the big promotion to shadow chancellor.

David Lammy has been the shadow foreign secretary since 2021, managing to keep hold of his post in this latest reshuffle.

The first black Briton to attend Harvard Law School, the long-serving MP was first elected in 2000 as the member for Tottenham.

He held several government roles under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, from junior positions in the Department of Health through to ministerial posts in culture, business and higher education. And under Sir Keir, he was also shadow justice secretary before his promotion.

Mr Lammy has drawn some criticism for the amount of speaking engagements he carries out outside of parliament - Sky News' Westminster Accounts showed he was the highest earning Labour MP when it came to second jobs - but he stands by the work and also hosts his own radio show on LBC.

Yvette Cooper made her return to Labour's frontbench in 2021, and stayed put in Sir Keir's rejig of his top team.

The MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford will be hoping to become the second-ever female Labour home secretary if the party wins the next election, succeeding Jacqui Smith's ground-breaking tenure in 2007.

Once a leadership contender herself - though losing the 2015 battle to Mr Corbyn - she has been in parliament since 1997, and held government posts including work and pensions secretary and chief secretary to the Treasury. She was also shadow foreign secretary and shadow women and equalities minister under Mr Miliband.

It was shortly after Sir Keir was elected that Bridget Phillipson was given her first shadow cabinet position.

An Oxford graduate originally from Gateshead, she entered the Commons in 2010, representing the North East seat of Houghton and Sunderland.

She was first appointed as chief secretary to the Treasury by the new leader, but within 18 months, she took on the job of shadow education secretary and has since set out Labour's plans for reform of the childcare and wider education systems.

Wes Streeting took over as shadow health secretary in November 2021, shortly before the country grappled with the third wave of COVID.

He took the post on his return parliament, having stepped back from the frontline while he received treatment for kidney cancer, and vowed to improve cancer survival rates if Labour got into government.

Seen as a rising star within the party, the MP for Ilford North has risen through the ranks, having held a number of roles before the top health post, such as shadow schools and shadow child poverty minister.

John Healey has been a constant in Sir Keir’s team, having been shadow defence secretary for the duration of the Labour leader’s tenure.

An MP since 1997, he spent five years working in the Treasury in Mr Blair’s cabinet, before becoming local government minister and housing minister under Mr Brown.

Despite Labour’s opposition status, Mr Healey has supported the government’s approach to the Ukraine war, praising his opposite number Ben Wallace for his his "important leadership".

One of the new additions in the latest reshuffle is Liz Kendall, who has taken over as shadow work and pensions secretary - her first first full shadow cabinet role.

The MP for Leicester West has spent the past three years as a shadow social care minister, having held the same role during Mr Milliband's tenure.

In 2015, Ms Kendall ran to be Labour leader, but only managed to get 4.5% of the vote, losing the contest to Mr Corbyn.

Jonathan Reynolds has been ever-present on Labour's frontbench during Sir Keir’s time in charge.

He was elected to his Stalybridge and Hyde seat in 2010, and his first job came six months later, seeing him operating as an assistant whip for the opposition.

But following a stint on the climate change remit, and two further jobs under Mr Corbyn covering transport and the Treasury, it was Sir Keir that gave him his first departmental brief - shadowing the Department for Work and Pensions.

A year later, Sir Keir promoted him to his current role of shadow business secretary.

Steve Reed had held the position of shadow justice secretary, but has now been shifted into the role of shadow environment secretary - a move that could be seen as a demotion.

The Croydon North MP has picked up the job from Jim McMahon, who left the shadow cabinet after saying he had faced "a number of personal challenges in the last year”.

Mr Reed’s new role will be an important one, with key issues such as river pollution likely to dominate discussion in the coming months.

Louise Haigh has been the shadow transport secretary for the past two years, and a member of the Labour frontbench since 2015.

The Sheffield Heeley MP previously led on Northern Ireland for the party during a turbulent time post-Brexit and with ongoing rows in Stormont.

Ian Murray has been reappointed shadow Scotland secretary - a role he's held for the past three years - and it may have something to do with him being the party's only MP north of the English border.

Representing Edinburgh South, he ran for the deputy leadership in 2020 and received the backing of both Mr Blair and Mr Brown.

However, he lost the contest, finishing fourth, with Ms Rayner winning the race to be second in command.

Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens is Labour’s shadow Wales secretary.

Only entering parliament in 2015, she worked as shadow justice minister then shadow solicitor general under Mr Corbyn.

And while she had a stint as shadow Wales secretary during his tenure, she resigned the post in protest at a three-line whip from the party to vote in favour of the government's Brexit Bill, saying she believed leaving the EU would be "a terrible mistake".

One of the surprise inclusions this time around was the return of Hillary Benn after a seven-year absence from the frontbench, taking on the role of shadow Northern Ireland secretary.

The son of former Labour grandee Tony Benn, the Leeds Central MP served in both Mr Blair and Mr Brown’s cabinets - though he failed in his own deputy leadership attempt back in 2007.

He has made a number of impactful speeches in parliament, winning many plaudits for his argument as shadow foreign secretary over air strikes in Syria.

But arguably it was his staunch anti-Brexit position that brought him into the wider public's consciousness, leading the committee scrutinising the UK's departure and even having an act named after him that sought to prevent leaving without a deal.

One of those promoted in the reshuffle was Pat McFadden, taking on the role of shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the party's national campaign coordinator - a key position with a general election looming.

He first came into parliament in 2015 to represent Wolverhampton South East, but before becoming an MP held several advisory roles for then-prime minister Mr Blair, both in opposition and government, and was the PM's political secretary from 2002.

Emily Thornberry has been shadow attorney general since 2021 after a long career on Labour's frontbench.

Elected to parliament in 2005 as MP for Islington South and Finsbury, it wasn't until Mr Miliband's rise that she got her first shadow job on the energy and climate change brief.

But later, she became a key part of Mr Corbyn’s team, holding a range of roles from shadow defence to shadow foreign secretary.

Ms Thornberry - who worked as a human rights barrister for 20 years before entering politics - ran for leadership against Sir Keir in 2020, but was eliminated from the race after failing to achieve enough nominations from local constituency parties.

Lucy Powell was another shadow minister to suffer a demotion in Sir Keir's changes, moving from shadow culture secretary - a job she held for just under two years - to shadow leader of the House.

She was first elected in 2012 after winning a by-election in her Manchester Central seat, and was introduced into the shadow cabinet by Mr Corbyn in 2015 as shadow education secretary.

However, she resigned from the role in 2016, along with dozens of her colleagues, over their unhappiness with Mr Corbyn's leadership.

Darren Jones is the only new member of Sir Keir's cabinet to have never held a frontbench position before, now taking on the role of shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.

However, he has been a key player in the committee corridor, having chaired the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee for the past three years.

The MP for Bristol North West was also a member of the Liaison Committee - the group of committee chairs entitled to scrutinise the prime minister in a regular grilling.

Thangam Debbonaire has been promoted from shadow leader of the House to shadow culture secretary, replacing Ms Powell.

After joining the Commons in 2015, the MP - known for being a professional classical cellist - was soon was appointed as a shadow arts minister by Mr Corbyn.

However, she resigned from her role only five months later, saying that she didn't believe the then leader was the right person to take the party into the next election.

Another MP who'll be pleased with Sir Keir's reshuffle is Ms Mahmood, who has been promoted to shadow justice secretary after two years as the party's national campaign coordinator.

An MP since 2010, Ms Mahmood was ever-present in Mr Milliband’s shadow cabinet, having held a number of roles including shadow prisons minister and shadow financial secretary to the Treasury.

One member of the shadow cabinet who needs little introduction - and is keeping his brief - is Mr Milliband, mentioned multiple times in this piece so far as the former leader of the Labour Party.

The MP for Doncaster North was leader of the opposition for five years between 2010 and 2015, stepping down from the role after the party lost a general election.

After returning to the backbenches for five years, he was appointed back into the shadow cabinet by Sir Keir in 2022 as the shadow business secretary - a role he held for around 18 months.

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The Labour MP who suffered arguably the biggest blow in the recent reshuffle is Lisa Nandy, who's been demoted from shadow levelling up secretary to shadow international development minister.

While she accepted the new role, our deputy political editor, Sam Coates, heard the conversation with the leader was "pretty brutal".

Ms Nandy competed against Sir Keir for the Labour leadership in 2020, but came third in the contest, receiving 16.2% of the vote share.

Taking up the role as shadow science secretary is Peter Kyle, who has been moved from shadow Northern Ireland secretary.

The MP for Hove joined the Labour frontbench in 2020 as shadow minister for victims and youth justice, but was promoted 18 months later to shadow schools minister before taking on the NI brief.