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Miliband’s reshuffle isn’t necessarily to the left

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Ed Miliband’s reshuffle turned out to be a rather small affair. The news out of it is that control over the policy review passes from Liam Byrne to Jon Cruddas, although Byrne continues to shadow Iain Duncan Smith.

Given that Byrne is a Blairite who has been pushing for a tougher line on welfare, and that Cruddas rebelled to vote

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