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    The shadow secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, commonly called the shadow foreign secretary, is a position within the...
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    works alongside the other Foreign Office ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow foreign secretary. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee...
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    Damian Hinds (former Shadow Education Secretary) was succeeded by Laura Trott. Andrew Mitchell (former Shadow Foreign Secretary) was succeeded by Dame...
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    shadow home secretary (formally known as the shadow secretary of state for the home department) is the person within the shadow cabinet who shadows the...
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    Cabinet to Shadow Cabinet. David Cameron (Foreign Secretary) resigned and was succeeded by Andrew Mitchell. Mitchell was Deputy Foreign Secretary for question...
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    Lisa Nandy (category British Secretaries of State)
    Nandy previously served as Shadow Foreign Secretary, Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Shadow Energy Secretary and Shadow International Development Minister...
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    The shadow secretary of state for education, also called the shadow education secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible...
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    members of the shadow cabinet either resigned or were sacked. This process began with Jeremy Corbyn sacking Hilary Benn as Shadow Foreign Secretary in the early...
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    November 2021 and placed under the shadow foreign secretary. The shadow minister also holds the foreign secretary and other FCDO ministers to account...
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  • the First Secretary or Deputy PM is deputising for the Prime Minister. Official Opposition frontbench Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak Shadow Chancellor...
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    appointed shadow energy and climate secretary. Other notable appointments included David Lammy as shadow foreign secretary and Wes Streeting as shadow health...
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    Priti Patel (category Secretaries of State for the Home Department)
    British politician who has served as Shadow Foreign Secretary since November 2024, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of...
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    The shadow secretary of state for defence is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the secretary of state for defence and the...
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    The shadow secretary of state for health and social care is an office within British politics held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty...
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    David Lammy (category British Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
    Shadow Foreign Secretary. Following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, Lammy returned to government and was appointed foreign secretary by...
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    bench, namely as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2020, Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International...
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    In British politics the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who shadows the Secretary of State for Justice, an office...
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    Conservative Party, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for International Affairs Rt. Hon. Oliver Letwin MP – Shadow Chancellor of the...
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    Howard, during which time he served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Defence Secretary respectively. Ancram was born in London...
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    The shadow secretary of state for transport is a political post in the United Kingdom. It has been consistently held by a member of the Official Opposition...
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    Hilary Benn (category British Secretaries of State for the Environment)
    and Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary from 2011 to 2015. After the 2015 general election, Benn became the interim Shadow Foreign Secretary...
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    The shadow secretary of state for housing, communities and local government is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet; if the opposition party...
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    Yvette Cooper (category Secretaries of state for work and pensions)
    in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as shadow foreign secretary from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, her husband Ed Balls was promoted to shadow chancellor of the...
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    Conservatives were in opposition, notably as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Chairman of the Conservative Party. Maude...
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    1999, Shadow Health Secretary from 1999 to 2003, Chair of the Conservative Party from 2003 to 2005, Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2005 and Shadow Defence...
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    Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet that deals with issues surrounding...
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    The shadow chief secretary to the treasury is the most junior member of the Shadow Cabinet, and is the deputy to the shadow chancellor of the exchequer...
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    Andrew Mitchell (category British Secretaries of State)
    a British politician who was Shadow Foreign Secretary from July to November 2024 and served as Deputy Foreign Secretary between February and July 2024...
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    The shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport (DCMS), previously the shadow secretary of state for national heritage and shadow secretary of...
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  • Hague's shadow cabinet from 1997 to 2000, holding the Health, Defence and Foreign Policy briefs in succession. While Shadow Foreign Secretary, he was...
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