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Women win in Labour’s new shadow team
Corbyn reveals most female front bench ever
WOMEN make up the majority of Labour’s front bench for the first time in the party’s history after Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his shadow cabinet yesterday.
Labour’s top team now includes 16 women and 15 men, including Angela Eagle, who becomes shadow first secretary of state.
The role will see her take on Chancellor George Osborne at Prime Minister’s Questions when David Cameron is away.
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