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 and junior ministers. See the latest updates below:
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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: Lord President of the Council and leader of the House of Commons
- Alex Norris: Justice secretary
- 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
Andy Burnham’s junior ministers:
- Dan Jarvis: Minister of State (Security Minister) jointly in the Home Office and the Cabinet Office
- Kirsty McNeill: Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- James Murray: Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
- Lucy Rigby: Minister of State in HM Treasury (Economic Secretary to the Treasury)
- Anna Turley: Minister of State in the Home Office
- Catherine McKinnell: Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Katie White: Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Andrew Western: Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Dame Diana Johnson: as Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Florence Eshalomi: Minister of State in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Kate Dearden: Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Chris McDonald: Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Ian Murray: Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Emma Hardy: Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Emma Foody: Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)
- Andy Slaughter: Solicitor General
- Anas Sarwar: Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Alison McGovern: Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Sir Stephen Timms: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He will remain as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Baroness Smith of Malvern: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Women and Equalities). She will remain as jointly Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Education.
- Sally Jameson: Jointly Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Dan Tomlinson: Parliamentary Secretary jointly in the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury)
- Mark Ferguson: Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office.
- Baroness Twycross: Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. She will remain as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Lord Pitt-Watson: Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury
- Uma Kumaran: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and as Assistant Whip
- Satvir Kaur:Jointly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities)
- Lord Collins of Highbury: Jointly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He will remain as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.
- Jo White MP: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office
- Baroness Lloyd of Effra: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Blair McDougall MP: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Lord Leong: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Lord Lemos: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Alex Davies-Jones: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Polly Billington: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Baroness Curran: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Paul Waugh: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Lilian Greenwood: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- James Frith: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Jim McMahon: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Baroness Blake of Leeds: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She will remain as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Stephen Morgan: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Justin Madders: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Simon Lightwood: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He remains as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport.
- Vicky Foxcroft: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Stephanie Peacock: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Ruth Mackenzie: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Sarah Owen: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office
- Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office and as Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)
- Melanie Ward: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office
- Claire Hughes: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office and Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Gregor Poynton: Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Shaun Davies: Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Laurence Turner: Assistant Whip
- Rachel Hopkins: Assistant Whip
- Harpreet Uppal: Assistant Whip
- Michael Wheeler: Assistant Whip
- Liam Conlon: Assistant Whip
- Sarah Coombes: Assistant Whip
- Baroness Antrobus: Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Baroness Dacres of Lewisham: Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Baroness Hyde of Bemerton: Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Stephen Doughty: Reappointed Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Sarah Jones: Reappointed Minister of State in the Home Office
- Lord Hanson of Flint: Reappointed Minister of State in the Home Office
- Sarah Sackman: Reappointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Luke Pollard: Reappointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Lord Coaker: Reappointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Michael Shanks: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Georgia Gould: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Sir Stephen Timms: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Baroness Smith of Malvern: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Education
- Baroness Sherlock: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Karin Smyth: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Health and Social Care
- Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill: Reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Transport
- Lord Kennedy of Southwark: Reappointed Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
- Sir Mark Tami: Reappointed Treasurer of His Majesty’s Household (Deputy Chief Whip)
- Gen Kitchen: Reappointed Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)
- Baroness Smith of Cluny: Reappointed HM Advocate General for Scotland
- Torsten Bell MP: Reappointed Parliamentary Secretary jointly in HM Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions
- Chris Elmore: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Jake Richards: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. He will no longer serve as Assistant Whip.
- Calvin Bailey: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Louise Sandher-Jones: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Martin McCluskey: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Josh MacAlister: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education
- Baroness Merron: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Baroness Taylor of Stevenage: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- Keir Mather: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
- Baroness Hayman of Ullock: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Anna McMorrin: Reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
- Christian Wakeford: Reappointed Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Jade Botterill MP: Reappointed Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
- Rt Hon Lord Wilson of Sedgefield: Reappointed Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Lord Katz: Reappointed Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath: Reappointed Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
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)