Corbyn gathers his cabinet and makes first moves to rally MPs

Corbyn was elected Labour leader in a landslide victory announced Saturday afternoon, alongside Tom Watson as deputy leader.

Mr Healey said: “Housing has always been a passion of Jeremy’s, so I’m pleased to have his backing to do this job at full shadow Cabinet level”.

It underlines Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to put forward Labour as an anti-austerity opposition.

Ex-shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who came third in the race to succeed Ed Miliband and made clear during the campaign she would not serve on the veteran left-winger’s frontbench, will head a taskforce examining the refugee crisis. Party strategist John McTernan tweeted the appointment was “unbelievable”. There has also been criticism that no women are in the most senior positions.

The new line-up sees Ian Murray, the only Scottish Labour MP, continue as Shadow Scottish Secretary.

“Whilst there is much on which Jeremy and I agree, there are a number of key points of difference on policy which I believe it would be dishonest to deny exist”, the former shadow business secretary said.

“Angela Eagle’s appointment as Shadow First Secretary of State means she will deputise for me when David Cameron is not available for Prime Minister’s Questions”.

She also said party unity was essential and Labour would not succeed without the two wings of the party, left and right, respecting each other.

Hartlepool MP Iain Wright has thrown his support behind new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – and called on the party to unite and turn their sights on challenging the Conservative Government.

Jon Trickett will be the shadow secretary of communities and local government, while Lucy Powell, who served as a shadow Cabinet Office minister in the last parliament, will be shadow education secretary. However, five of the top jobs-leader, deputy leader, chancellor of the exchequer, home secretary and foreign secretary-have all gone to men.

Following the announcement, Corbyn said that people “are fed up with the inequality, the injustice, the unnecessary poverty”.

Ms Phillips said: “I am very unhappy about it. It’s massively tone-deaf”.

Time will tell if Mr Corbyn can connect with the electorate, or if he can command loyalty among his fellow MPs within the parliamentary party given, but one thing is certain…

“I think he will do really well now he has the chance to shine and make that big divide vbetween the parties”.