Lucy Powell will become Labour’s new Shadow Secretary for DCMS following a cabinet reshuffle.
Manchester Central’s MP since 2012, Powell is a former Shadow Housing Secretary and was Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education, before resigning in June 2016.
Powell replaces Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens, who becomes Shadow Secretary of State for Wales.
She will become the second culture secretary under Keir Starmer and the eleventh since Labour lost power in 2010.
Powell described the role as a “big brief with many big issues” which included “making the arts, culture [and] music accessible”.
Published: 02-12-2021