Keir Starmer is appointing his top team

Keir Starmer has become the UK’s first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown lost the 2010 general election. Following Labour’s landslide general election victory, he is now confirming who his cabinet will be.

The announcements are coming in throughout the afternoon. Here’s who has been appointed so far:

• Angela Rayner – Secretary of State for Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Deputy Prime Minster
• Rachel Reeves – Chancellor of the Exchequer
• David Lammy – Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Yvette Cooper – Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Pat McFadden – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• John Healey – Secretary of State for Defence
• Shabana Mahmood – Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• Wes Streeting – Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Bridget Phillipson – Secretary of State for Education
• Ed Miliband – Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Liz Kendall – Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Jonathan Reynolds – Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
• Peter Kyle – Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Steve Reed – Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Lisa Nandy – Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Hilary Benn – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Ian Murray – Secretary of State for Scotland
• Jo Stevens – Secretary of State for Wales
• Lucy Powell – Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons 
• Baroness Smith of Basildon – Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
• Alan Campbell – Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• Darren Jones – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Richard Hermer – Attorney General
• Anneliese Dodds – Minister of State for Development in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister for Women and Equalities in the Department for Education

Non-cabinet appointments:

• Georgia Gould – Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office
• Abena Oppong-Asare – Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office
• Douglas Alexander – Minister of State in the Department of Business and Trade
• Sarah Jones – Minister of State in the Department of Business and Trade and in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Justin Madders – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Business and Trade
• Gareth Thomas – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Business and Trade
• Baroness Jones – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Business and Trade
• Chris Bryant – Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries in the Department of Culture, Media and Support and Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
• Stephanie Peacock – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport
• Maria Eagle – Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Ministry of Defence
• Lord Coaker – Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
• Alistair Cairns – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans in the Ministry of Defence
• Luke Pollard – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
• Jacqui Smith – Minister of State in the Department of Education
• Katherine McKinnell – Minister of State for Schools in the Department of Education
• Stephen Morgan – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
• Janet Daby – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
• Lord Hunt – Minister of State in the Department of Energy and Net Zero
• Kerry McCarthy – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Energy and Net Zero
• Miatta Fahnbulleh – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Energy and Net Zero
• Michael Shanks – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Energy and Net Zero
• Daniel Zeichner – Minister of State in the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Emma Hardy – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Baroness Hayman – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Stephen Doughty – Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Catherine West – Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Lord Collins – Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Stephen Kinnock – Minister of State for Social Care in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Karin Smyth – Minister of State for Health in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Andrew Gwynne – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Baroness Merron – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Life Sciences in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Dan Jarvis – Minister of State for Security in the Home Office
• Angela Eagle – Minister of State in the Home Office
• Diana Johnson – Minister of State in the Home Office
• David Hanson – Minister of State in the Home Office
• Jess Phillips – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Safeguarding in the Home Office
• Seema Malhotra – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office
• Jim McMahon – Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Matthew Pennycock – Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Alex Norris – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Rushanara Ali – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Baroness Taylor – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Lord Khan – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• James Timpson – Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice
• Heidi Alexander – Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
• Lord Posonby – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in the Ministry of Justice
• Alex Davies-Jones – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
• Fleur Anderson – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office
• Patrick Vallance – Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Feryal Clark Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Baroness Jones – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Kirsty McNeill – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in the Scotland Office
• Lord Hendy – Minister of State for rail in the Department for Transport
• Simon Lightwood – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport in the Department for Transport
• Lilian Greenwood – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future of Roads in the Department for Transport
• Mike Kane – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime, and Security in the Department for Transport
• Lord Livermore – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• James Murray – Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Emma Reynolds – Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
• Tulip Siddiq – Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister
• Nia Griffith – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office
• Stephen Timms – Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Alison McGovern – Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Emma Reynolds – Parliamentary Secretary in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Andrew Western – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Baroness Sherlock – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Ellie Reeves – Minister without Portfolio and Party Chair
• Nick Thomas Symonds – Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General

This article will be updated as the cabinet and junior ministerial positions are announced.

Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward

Image credit: Keir Starmer – Creative Commons

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