UK's Starmer appoints Cabinet; Reeves becomes Finance Minister
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer swiftly appointed the members of his Cabinet after crushing the Conservative Party in Thursday’s General Election.
Here is a full list of the appointments:
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury - Keir Starmer
Deputy Prime-Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - Angela Rayner
Finance Minister - Rachel Reeves
Foreign Secretary - David Lammy
Defence Secretary - John Healey
Home Secretary - Yvette Cooper
Justice Secretary - Shabana Mahmood
Health & Social Care Secretary - Wes Streeting
Education Secretary - Bridget Phillipson
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero - Ed Miliband
Work & Pensions Secretary - Liz Kendall
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Pat McFadden
Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade - Jonathan Reynolds
Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary - Peter Kyle
Transport Secretary - Louise Haigh
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary - Steve Reed
Culture, Media and Sport Secretary - Lisa Nandy
Northern Ireland Secretary - Hilary Benn
Scotland Secretary - Ian Murray
Welsh Secretary - Jo Stevens
Leader of the House of Commons - Lucy Powell
Leader of the House of Lords - Baroness Smith of Basildon
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) - Alan Campbell
Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Darren Jones
Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) - Ellie Reeves
Minister of State in the Home Office - Dan Jarvis
Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - Jim McMahon
Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade - Douglas Alexander
The following were given peerages to sit in the House of Lords:
Attorney General - Richard Hermer
Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - Sir Patrick Vallance
Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice - James Timpson
Minister of State in the Department for Education - Jacqui Smith
Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) in the Department for Education - Anneliese Dodds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Relations) in the Cabinet Office - Nick Thomas–Symonds
Financial Secretary to the Treasury – Spencer Livermore (House of Lords)
Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Stephen Doughty
Minister of State in the Home Office - Angela Eagle
Minister of State in the Home Office - Diana Johnson
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence – Vernon Coaker (House of Lords)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence - Maria Eagle
Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice - Heidi Alexander
Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care - Karin Smyth
Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care - Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State in the Department for Education - Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade - Sarah Jones
Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions - Alison McGovern
Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions - Stephen Timms
Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Chris Bryant
Minister of State in the Department for Transport - Peter Hendy (House of Lords)
Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Daniel Zeichner
Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com