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Labour leader calls on Brown’s bruisers

A GROUP of former Brownite bruisers were brought into Labour's shadow Cabinet yesterday as Ed Miliband sought to toughen up his front-bench team.

The Labour leader also promoted the former Scottish minister Margaret Curran to shadow Scottish Secretary, after he decided the party needed a more campaigning approach to take on the SNP. Joining her are Michael Dugher and Tom Watson, both close associates of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.