Andy Burnham has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport as GB's reshuffle continues.

Burnham was Special Adviser in the Department under Chris Smith as recently as 2001 - is six years from SpAd to SoS a record???

He was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in June 2007.

James Purnell is the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions moving from Culture, Media and Sport, as GB starts a mini-reshuffle following Peter Hain's resignation.

Yvette Cooper, Paul Murphy, Caroline Flint and Charles Clarke have been speculated as possible movers.

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Already five of the six deputy leadership candidates have signed up in support of the Campaign for a Democratic Upper House.

The Mirror newspaper put together a panel of six members of the public to interrogate the six candidates for the Deputy Leader's post. They all made good account of themselves, but one candidate stood out more than the others.  The panel was made up of Silla Carron (Pride of Britain Neighbour of the Year), Mohamed Lodhi (pensioner), Lesley Ward (school teacher), Emma Chapman (nurse) and Katan Alder (student).  


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