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		</div><p>Keir Starmer has pledged to create a “balanced” shadow cabinet as he begins appointing his top team after winning a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest.</p>
<p>The new leader of the opposition said he would recruit a diverse team from across the country and party who <em>“want to serve towards the future aim of winning that next general election”</em>.</p>
<p>He has vowed to make it his <em>“mission”</em> to reconnect the party with the public, saying Labour needs to change so trust can be regained.</p>
<p>Starmer secured 56% of the 490,731 votes cast in the three-month contest – beating his rivals Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy to replace Jeremy Corbyn.</p>
<p><em>“I will have in my shadow cabinet those that want to serve towards the future aim of winning that next general election,”</em> he told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.</p>
<p><em>“It will be a talented, balanced shadow cabinet.”</em></p>
<p>He has vowed to engage constructively with the Government amid the coronavirus crisis, saying he will not seek to score party political points – nor demand the impossible.</p>
<p>On Brexit, Starmer said that the Government “should extend” the transition period <em>“if it’s necessary to do so”</em> because of the pandemic.</p>
<p>Angela Rayner won the deputy leadership with 52.6% of the vote in the third round, and promised to <em>“do everything”</em> to repay her supporters’ trust.</p>
<p>She acknowledged that the party had “let down” the Jewish community and also had to win back the respect of voters who had left the party to vote Tory.</p>
<p>A large clear-out of the current frontbench cohort is widely expected when Sir Keir appoints his shadow cabinet, but some less well-known shadow ministers could be given more prominent roles.</p>
<p>Anneliese Dodds and Nick Thomas-Symonds are among those being hotly-tipped for senior positions, while MPs on Sir Keir’s campaign team could also be in line for jobs.</p>
<p>Starmer, who entered Parliament in 2015, has said Labour will <em>“make the argument for a better future”</em> under his leadership – but will first need to restore people’s trust in the party as a <em>“force for good and a force for change”</em>.</p>
<p>Writing in the Sunday Times, he said: <em>“To begin to restore that trust, I will make it my mission to reconnect Labour with the public. I want to build a coalition in all parts of the country, no matter how people previously voted.</em></p>
<p><em>“We must be a party of government again capable of answering to the electorate across the whole of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</em></p>
<p><em>“Never again can Labour be a party that millions of people feel they cannot trust to govern, to manage our economy or to keep our country safe.</em></p>
<p><em>“Make no mistake: our party needs to change so that trust can be regained. We must become a credible government-in-waiting and get back to a position where we can make a real difference to people’s lives. Where that requires us to rethink, we will. And where that requires us to apologise, we will.”</em></p>
<p>Starmer also reiterated the apology he made to the Jewish community in his acceptance speech, saying Labour has been <em>“shamed”</em> over the past years by anti-Semitism.</p>
<p>Shortly before the result was announced on Saturday morning, Boris Johnson wrote to opposition party leaders inviting them to a coronavirus briefing as he insisted <em>“we have a duty to work together at this moment of national emergency”</em>.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister congratulated Sir Keir in a call on Saturday afternoon and the pair agreed to meet next week to discuss the Covid-19 crisis.</p>
<p>Former Labour leader Mr Corbyn said he looks forward to working with Sir Keir and Ms Rayner, and told them leading the party is a <em>“great honour and responsibility”</em>.</p>
<p>Defeated leadership candidate Ms Long-Bailey said Sir Keir would be a <em>“brilliant prime minister”</em>, and she pledged to <em>“do all I can to make that a reality”</em>.</p>
<p>Ms Nandy said he would have her <em>“full support in the challenges that lie ahead”</em>.</p>
<p>Sir Keir won 275,780 votes out of 490,731 returned ballots – equivalent to 56.2% – while Ms Long-Bailey came second with 135,218 votes (27.6%) and Ms Nandy was last with 79,597 (16.2%).</p>
<p>He won more votes than Mr Corbyn, who in 2015 secured 251,417 of the 422,664 votes cast, but his predecessor secured a higher vote share (59.5%).</p>
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