Thanks to the excellent Labour Hame, we now know the majority of Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont’s new shadow team. They report that:
Scottish Labour’s new leader, Johann Lamont, has moved to appoint her new Shadow Cabinet. It looks as if Margaret Curran will become the first Shadow Scottish Secretary to serve in both Ed Miliband’s and Johann’s Shadow Cabinets.
Posts announced so far:
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland: Margaret Curran
Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth spokesman: Ken Macintosh
Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy spokeswoman: Jackie Baillie
Education and Lifelong Learning spokesman: Hugh Henry
Culture, External Affairs and the Commonwealth Games spokeswoman: Patricia Ferguson
Infrastructure and Capital Investment spokesman: Richard Baker
Justice spokesman: Lewis Macdonald
Local Government and Planning spokeswoman: Sarah Boyack
Rural Affairs and the Environment spokeswoman: Claire Baker
Scottish Labour Parliamentary Business Manager: Paul Martin
Chief Whip: James Kelly
Scottish Labour Party Deputy Leader: Anas Sarwar
Shadow Ministers attending shadow cabinet
Shadow Youth Employment Minister – Kezia Dugdale
PPS to Johann Lamont – Siobhan McMahon
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