By Tony Grew - 20th January 2011
Labour leader Ed Miliband has carried out a minor reshuffle of his shadow cabinet in the wake of Alan Johnson's resignation.
Ed Balls is the new shadow chancellor.
His wife Yvette Cooper moves from shadow foreign secretary to take Balls' old job as shadow home secretary.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Douglas Alexander, who was international development secretary under Gordon Brown, has been handed the foreign affairs brief.
He is replaced as work and pensions shadow by Liam Byrne.
Shadow Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has been given the additional responsibility of shadowing the cabinet office.
No-one has been brought into the shadow cabinet as a result of the reshuffle.
Johnson resigned today citing "personal reasons to do with my family".
Miliband said he had accepted the resignation "with great regret" and praised his former shadow chancellor's record in government and opposition.
"Ed Balls is an outstanding economist and is hugely qualified to take our economic message to the country," he said.
"In Yvette, Douglas, Liam and Tessa, we have a team which combines extensive experience in government and determination in opposition.
"I am proud that Labour has a strong, confident shadow cabinet that will expose the mistakes of this Conservative-led government.
"Together we will put the economy at the forefront of our argument as we work hard to regain the trust of the British people."
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