Labour leader Ed Miliband has promoted several MPs elected only last year to his shadow cabinet as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle.

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The private member's bill, which applies UK-wide, was broadly welcomed by Conservative and Liberal Democrat spokespeople, although shadow Treasury minister David Gauke said that it needed more proper scrutiny at committee stage.

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