Johnson steps down as shadow chancellor

SHADOW chancellor Alan Johnson dramatically quit the Labour front bench last night over what he said were “personal issues”.
Fri, 21 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Daniel Bentley and Andrew Woodcock

His surprise announcement forced Labour leader Ed Miliband to reshuffle his team after just three months.

Ed Balls, passed over for the job in October, was installed as Chancellor George Osborne’s new opposite number.

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