Ms Long-Bailey, who came third in the leadership election, replaces Angela Rayner, who was elected deputy leader of the party over the weekend.
On Twitter, the MP for Salford and Eccles, said, ‘Delighted to be appointed as Shadow Education Secretary by @Keir_Starmer & thanks to the brilliant @AngelaRayner for her work in this role. In this time of crisis I will do my utmost to ensure that our teaching staff, students and their families receive the support they deserve.
‘Never has there been a more important time to fight for a properly funded, accountable, public education service, free at the point of use, from cradle to grave so that all our aspirations can be realised. Social mobility is meaningless if we don’t all rise together.’
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