Official Opposition Frontbench
The frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is currently the Labour Party, and the Leader of the Opposition is Ed Miliband. Ed Miliband reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 7 October 2011, and announced most of the junior shadow ministers the following weekend.
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