Keir Starmer has made several big changes to his cabinet following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.
Rayner announced her resignation as Deputy Prime Minister and as housing secretary after the government’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on a second flat.
Her departure precipitated a major reshuffle of the cabinet, with Starmer making sweeping changes to several key positions and appointing ministers to replace the roles previously filled by Rayner.
One of the biggest new appointments is that of David Lammy to the role of Deputy Prime Minister to replace Rayner, while also being appointed as Lord Chancellor and Security of State for Justice. Yvette Cooper will replace him as Foreign Secretary.
Rachel Reeves will remain in post as Chancellor of the Exchequer, as will Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.
Below is the full list of new appointments announced as part of Starmer’s cabinet reshuffle:
- David Lammy as Deputy Prime Minister – Replacing Angela Rayner
- Steve Reed as Housing Secretary – Replacing Angela Rayner
- Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary – Replacing Yvette Cooper
- Yvette Cooper as Foreign Secretary – Replacing David Lammy
- Pat McFadden as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Replacing Liz Kendall
- Peter Kyle as Business and Trade Secretary – Replacing Jonathan Reynolds
- Liz Kendall as Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary – Replacing Peter Kyle
- Douglas Alexander as Secretary of State for Scotland – Replacing Ian Murray
- Jonathan Reynold as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury – Replacing Sir Alan Campbell
- Emma Reynolds as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Replacing Steve Reed
- Sir Alan Campbell as Leader of the House of Commons – Replacing Lucy Powell
In addition to Angela Rayner’s departure, Lucy Powell and Ian Murray have left the government.
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