The ex-shadow attorney general is the biggest name missing in the latest list of ministerial appointments.
Long-time shadow cabinet minister Emily Thornberry will have no ministerial role in the new Labour government, the BBC understands.
Anneliese Dodds, who until last week was chair of the Labour party, has been given a Cabinet role, with a job in the Foreign Office alongside a role as women and equalities minister.Ms Thornberry had served in the shadow cabinet since 2016, rising to both shadow foreign secretary and shadow first minister of state under Jeremy Corbyn.
Despite being "very sorry and surprised not to be able to continue" working as Attorney General in government, "Richard Hermer KC - a much more accomplished lawyer than I could ever hope to be - will do an outstanding job", she said. Stephen Kinnock has been moved on from his brief covering immigration, one of the new government's key priorities, taking on a new role in the Health and Social Care Department.
Dame Diana, the former chair of the Home Affairs Committee, becomes a minister in the Home Office; and Sir Stephen returns to government as a Work and Pensions Minister, a role he held in the Blair government. Maria Eagle and Dame Angela Eagle, who made history as the first twins to serve in government at the same time under Gordon Brown, both return as ministers. Dame Angela becomes Home Office minister, while Ms Eagle will serve in the Ministry of Defence.
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