Spokesman Role: Leader and Labour Mp

spokesman role: But for now he will take on a more modest spokesman role, leaving questions of leadership to one side until the group constitutes itself as a political party at some point before the end of the year, according to The Independent. Luciana Berger, who has been touted as another possible leader, will become spokesperson for home affairs, health, digital and culture; while the former Conservative Heidi Allen will take a welfare, social care and business brief. The former Labour MP said TIG had no immediate plans to appoint a leader as it was not yet a political party, adding that all the members of our group have the right to be heard and a responsibility to provide leadership . Umunna had expressed his keenness to become leader last weekend, saying in a television interview that he hoped to play the biggest role in the breakaway group composed of eight Labour and three Tory MPs. Anna Soubry, a Conservative defector and former minister, will become Brexit spokeswoman, while Chris Leslie, a longtime ally of Umunna and a former shadow chancellor, will take the economic brief. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Anna Soubry, the former Tory MP, will become Brexit spokeswoman for the Independent Group. The positions were announced in alphabetical order. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.