You may have seen the news already, but I’m both delighted and humbled to join the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport and thankful to Keir for the opportunity.
Transport is critical to our economy and society, for both to succeed we must plan well in advance. As much as the big-ticket schemes are important, we must not lose sight of the day to day concerns of millions; the quality of their local public transport services. I look forward to supporting important key infrastructure projects which place us well in the long term, but also to consider how every village, town and city is served too.
This is an exciting time to serve our movement, I can’t wait to get started with Labour’s transport team and build upon the work of my predecessor Andy McDonald.
I’ve loved my time as a Shadow Minister for Local Government, and I’d like to thank all those I worked with in the Shadow Communities and Local Government team for their fantastic work, especially my former bosses Andrew Gwynne and Teresa Pearce.
In other exciting news, I’m really pleased to be joining the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee as one of three Shadow Cabinet appointments, alongside Jo Stevens and Jonathan Reynolds. It’s already bringing back memories from my days as a Councillor sitting on the NEC.
https://labour.org.uk/…/keir-starmer-appoints-shadow-cabin…/
Jim McMahon OBE MP 
Congratulations on getting the job. With your travel arrangements to and from Oldham should give you a grounding in that role.
Good luck Jim.
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