Reaction to Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet - latest updates

Summary

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announces key shadow cabinet roles and chairs his first shadow cabinet
His left-wing ally John McDonnell has key role of shadow chancellor
Andy Burnham is shadow home secretary, Hilary Benn remains shadow foreign secretary
Angela Eagle is shadow business secretary and will deputise if Corbyn misses PM's question time
David Cameron visits refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan

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Clarke 'aghast at McDonnell job'published at 08:16
Today Programme
BBC Radio 4
Charles Clarke, former Labour home secretary, says he is "aghast" at Mr McDonnell's appointment as shadow chancellor. Mr Corbyn had other choices, such as Angela Eagle, he says but he has chosen the most "hard-line" option. This will make a lot of people "very nervous and uncertain", Mr Clarke says, saying the effect on the parliamentary Labour Party will be "serious". The shadow cabinet is supposed to be a "credible alternative" to government, he notes, and this is not the case for Mr McDonnell, he adds. He predicts Labour MPs will start to put forward their own economic alternative in time.
'A big risk'published at 08:13
From BBC Radio 4's Today
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the logic of John McDonnell's appointment is to build an anti-austerity platform, but it is "a very big risk". She says there have been concerns within Labour about the impact it could have - and that he was warned to avoid giving his campaign manager a job.
Beginners' guides to Corbynpublished at 08:10
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If you've yet to get to grips with who Jeremy Corbyn is, here are three reads to help:
Beginners' guide to Corbyn
24 things that Corbyn believes
The Jeremy Corbyn Story: A full length profile
Cameron meets refugeespublished at 08:01
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Corbyn 'must win by 2017'published at 07:58
BBC Breakfast
Jeremy Corbyn must win key UK elections next year and in 2017 or he will have "big problems", a Labour backbencher has said.
John Mann told BBC Breakfast the new leader must lead the party to victory "otherwise he's no use to us".
There are Scottish Parliament elections next year alongside local elections in England and the London mayoral race. In 2017 there are more local government and mayoral elections across Britain.
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The test for Jeremy Corbyn like any leader is can he win and that's judged by election results. When it comes to it that's what he's going to be judged on. Will he win those key elections next year and the year after? If he does his position is absolutely unassailable. If he doesn't… he's got big problems."
John Mann, Labour MP
The Bassetlaw MP also said it would be a "big problem" if the shadow cabinet composition remained as it is.
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Some of his mates won't get jobs because he's going to have to put some women in instead. He's appointed three women from London. He needs to make sure the whole country is represented and it's not just a London-led leadership."
John Mann, Labour MP
Context of Cameron Lebanon visitpublished at 07:53
James Landale
Deputy political editor
David Cameron has said that British aid is stopping hundreds of thousands more Syrian refugees travelling to Europe. The Prime Minister was speaking as he visited Lebanon to see for himself the way that aid is being spent. Here's BBC's deputy political editor James Landale's report:
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David Cameron has been stung by accusations that Britain is not doing enough to help relieve Europe's refugee crisis. So today the prime minister came to Lebanon to highlight the British aid supporting some of the many millions of refugees in the region. The UK is giving more here than any other EU country, some £1bn, and Mr Cameron believes it is making a real difference. He claimed that without that aid, there'd be hundreds of thousands more refugees risking their lives to get to Europe. So he travelled to a settlement in the Bekaa valley to meet refugees, including families preparing to be resettled in the UK. The government's promised to take in 20,000 over five years. He also visited a school in Beirut funded by British aid where Syrian and Lebanese children study alongside each other. Aid agencies here said the UK's strategy was right but the money was not enough to address the scale of the problem in Lebanon where one in four people are refugees."
James Landale, BBC deputy political editor
Cameron visits Lebanonpublished at 07:50
Breaking
Away from the developing shadow cabinet news, it's just been announced that UK PM David Cameron is visiting a Lebanese refugee camp.
Here's our developing story
Union boss's viewpublished at 07:43
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Who's who in the shadow cabinetpublished at 07:38
As well as those key appointments, Mr Corbyn has announced that Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander will take over from Mr Burnham as shadow health secretary while Lord Falconer, a former flat mate of ex-PM Tony Blair, will continue as shadow justice secretary.
Chuka Umunna said he was leaving the front bench by "mutual agreement" and Mary Creagh also joined a number of MPs from the previous shadow cabinet who opted to return to the backbenches, external.
Other confirmed appointments are:
- Seema Malhotra shadow chief secretary to the Treasury
- Diane Abbott shadow minister for international development
- Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Vernon Coaker
- Rosie Winterton to continue as chief whip
- Ian Murray to continue as shadow Scottish secretary.
Read our full Who's Who guide
Shadow cabinet taking shapepublished at 07:35
Among the key jobs so far - defeated leadership rival Andy Burnham has become shadow home secretary.
The new Labour leader named his campaign manager John McDonnell as shadow chancellor, while Hilary Benn remains shadow foreign secretary.
It means the top roles on the Labour front bench are all taken by men.
However, Angela Eagle, the new shadow business secretary, was also named shadow first secretary of state.
It means she will stand in for Mr Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions when Prime Minister David Cameron is away.
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Good morningpublished at 07:30
Hello and welcome to what is set to be another historic day in British politics after left-winger Jeremy Corbyn's storming victory in the Labour leadership election on Saturday. He's wasted no time in picking his shadow cabinet - many of the key roles have been filled but there are still plenty of names to be revealed.