ED Miliband needed to have a good reshuffle – and yesterday he made a decent fist of it.

Rising stars Chuka Umunna and Rachel Reeves both have the potential to cause problems for the Tories. It is also welcome news that Andy Burnham is back to the health brief where he performed well in government.

But this is not the time for Labour to be patting itself on the back.

The Government has been allowed to get away with too much, from its disastrous stewardship of the economy to its brutal NHS cuts.

Mr Umunna and Ms Reeves are taking on Coalition bruisers and need to be strong enough to start landing punches. And Mr Burnham must now give Health Secretary Andrew Lansley a run for his money.

The Tory-led Government is in all sorts of trouble but Labour has taken too long to get its own house in order.

Mr Miliband and his new Shadow Cabinet should start directly holding the Prime Minister and his underlings to account.

Ham-fisted..

A damning revelation seems to emerge about the Government's shoddy treatment of Bombardier every day.

Ministers' disregard for the company's 3,000 workers has been shameful but it is now beyond doubt they have been utterly inept.

Last week Philip Hammond told two workers that he had to hand the Thameslink train-building contract to Siemens.

But the Mirror has proved this to be false and thousands of workers face the sack while fat cat consultants line their pockets.

Tory economics – send jobs abroad and pay city spivs millions to tell you how to do it.

Paul the best

OUR best wishes to Sir Paul McCartney and his bride Nancy Shevell on their happy day tomorrow.

Marriage may have been a mixed experience for Sir Paul, but let's hope his Lonely Hearts Club days are behind him.