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Catherine McKinnell has been named as Labour’s new shadow schools minister today.

The appointment was one of nine shadow ministerial roles announced by the party in a post on social media this afternoon.

She will replace Stephen Morgan, who has held the role since 2021. It has not yet been announced whether he will be moving to a new shadow role as part of the reshuffle.

Ms McKinnell, the Labour MP for Newcastle North, was a member of the Commons Education Select Committee from 2016 to 2017 and also had a spell as a shadow education minister 10 years ago.

It has already been confirmed that Bridget Phillipson is keeping her job as shadow education secretary.