Andy Burnham is the new prime minister of the UK.
After Keir Starmer formally resigned, Burnham took over as the fifth PM in four years.
Speaking in Downing Street, he repeated his pledge to take power out of Whitehall and “carry it into every postcode in the land”.
Saying “this moment will be a circuit breaker for Britain” and promising to give the public “more breathing room”, Burnham said he will announce measures to tackle the cost of living on Tuesday, and a new 10-year plan for Britain by the end of this year.
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Andy Burnham is appointing his new Cabinet. See the latest updates below:
Andy Burnham has scrapped the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and merged it with the business department despite strong protests from tech entrepreneurs and experts. More details here.
New Cabinet ministers:
- Hamish Falconer: Intergovernmental relations and European relations minister
- Douglas Alexander: Scotland secretary
- Kanishka Narayan: Aritificial intelligence minister
- Matthew Pennycook: Minister of housing
- Alan Campbell will remain as Lord President of the Council and leader of the House of Commons
- Baroness Smith: Lord Privy Seal and leader of the House of Lords
- Emma Reynolds, chief secretary to the Treasury
- Stephen Kinnock: Wales secretary
- Heidi Alexander: Transport secretary
- Ellie Reeves: Attorney general
- Chris Bryant: Northern Ireland secretary
- Angela Eagle: Food and rural affairs secretary
- Miatta Fahnbulleh: Energy and net zero secretary
- Bridget Philipson: Minister for women and equalities (attends Cabinet)
- Lisa Nandy: Digital, culture, media and support secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport renamed Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
- Wes Streeting: Defence secretary
- Jonathan Reynolds: Business, innovation, science and trade secretary (a new department that merges the Department for Business and Trade with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Lucy Powell: Education secretary
- Anneliese Midgley, Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury (chief whip)
- Angela Rayner: Housing secretary
- Yvette Cooper: Health secretary
- Pat McFadden: Work and pensions secretary (same role as under Keir Starmer)
- Louise Haigh, first secretary of state, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for the Cabinet Office
- Shabana Mahmood: Home secretary (same role as under Keir Starmer)
- Ed Miliband: Foreign secretary
- John Healey: Chancellor
Ministers and others resigned or sacked:
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Nick Thomas-Symonds (former paymaster general)
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Hilary Benn (former Northern Ireland secretary)
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Jenny Chapman (former international development minister)
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Darren Jones (former chief secretary to the prime minister)
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Jo Stevens (former Welsh secretary)
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Liz Kendall (former technology secretary
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Richard Hermer (former attorney general)
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Rachel Reeves (former chancellor)
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Peter Kyle (former business secretary)
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David Lammy (former deputy prime minister)
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Steve Reed (former housing secretary)
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Lord Vallance (science minister)
- James Timpson (prison minister)
- Spencer Livermore (former financial secretary to the Treasury)