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| Clegg gives leading role to Huhne | Clegg gives leading role to Huhne |
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| New Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has made defeated rival Chris Huhne his home affairs spokesman, as he puts his first front bench team together. | |
| Ed Davey takes the foreign affairs brief, while Vince Cable remains Treasury spokesman and deputy leader. | Ed Davey takes the foreign affairs brief, while Vince Cable remains Treasury spokesman and deputy leader. |
| Julia Goldsworthy will speak on local government and communities and David Laws stays as schools spokesman. | Julia Goldsworthy will speak on local government and communities and David Laws stays as schools spokesman. |
| Mr Clegg was named Lib Dem leader on Tuesday, having beaten Mr Huhne by just 511 votes after a two-month contest. | Mr Clegg was named Lib Dem leader on Tuesday, having beaten Mr Huhne by just 511 votes after a two-month contest. |
| Wider brief | |
| Mr Clegg had himself been home affairs spokesman before winning the vote by party members, while Mr Huhne had been environment spokesman. | |
| A Lib Dem spokesman said that, as well as staying in the education brief, Mr Laws would take on a wider public service brief. | A Lib Dem spokesman said that, as well as staying in the education brief, Mr Laws would take on a wider public service brief. |
| The Lib Dem leadership contest followed the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell in October, after 19 months in the job. |