Starmer ministry | |
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![]() Cabinet of the United Kingdom | |
2024–present | |
![]() Starmer hosts his first cabinet meeting on 6 July 2024 | |
Date formed | 5 July 2024 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Charles III |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Deputy Prime Minister | Angela Rayner (2024–2025) David Lammy (2025–present) |
Ministers removed | 5 resigned |
Member party | Labour Party |
Status in legislature | Majority 399 / 650 (61%) |
Opposition cabinet | |
Opposition party | Conservative Party |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Election | 2024 general election |
Legislature term | 2024–present |
Budgets | |
Predecessor | Sunak ministry |
The Starmer ministry began on 5 July 2024 when Keir Starmer was invited by King Charles III to form a government, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak after the 2024 general election.
Starmer formed his government throughout 5–7 July, after his party won 411 seats in the 2024 general election, with the new Cabinet meeting for the first time on 6 July, and the new Parliament being called to meet on 9 July. [1] [2] [3] It has been noted for its female political representation, appointing women to a record half of the Cabinet (including Rachel Reeves as the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history) and three of the five top positions in the British government, including Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. [4] [5] [ failed verification ]
Starmer also appointed experts: scientist Patrick Vallance as Minister of State for Science, rehabilitation campaigner James Timpson as Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, and international law expert Richard Hermer as Attorney General for England and Wales. [6] The government includes a few ministers from the New Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Hilary Benn, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Ed Miliband in the Cabinet, and Jacqui Smith and Douglas Alexander as junior ministers. [7] [8] [9]
Post | Portrait | Incumbent | Seat | Term |
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Cabinet ministers | ||||
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union | ![]() | Sir Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | 5 July 2024 –present |
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | ![]() | Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyne | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury | ![]() | Rachel Reeves | Leeds West and Pudsey | 5 July 2024 –present |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | ![]() | Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | ![]() | David Lammy | Tottenham | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | ![]() | Yvette Cooper | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Defence | ![]() | John Healey | Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor | ![]() | Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham Ladywood | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | ![]() | Wes Streeting | Ilford North | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities | ![]() | Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | ![]() | Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | ![]() | Liz Kendall | Leicester West | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade | ![]() | Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | ![]() | Peter Kyle | Hove and Portslade | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Transport | ![]() | Louise Haigh | Sheffield Heeley | 5 July 2024 – 29 November 2024 |
![]() | Heidi Alexander | Swindon South | 29 November 2024 – present | |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ![]() | Steve Reed | Streatham and Croydon North | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | ![]() | Lisa Nandy | Wigan | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | ![]() | Hilary Benn | Leeds South | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Scotland | ![]() | Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Secretary of State for Wales | ![]() | Jo Stevens | Cardiff East | 5 July 2024 –present |
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council | ![]() | Lucy Powell | Manchester Central | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | ![]() | Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | Life peer | 5 July 2024 –present |
Also attending Cabinet | ||||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons | ![]() | Sir Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | 5 July 2024 –5 September 2025 |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ![]() | Darren Jones | Bristol North West | 5 July 2024 –1 September 2025 |
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland | ![]() | Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer | Life peer | 5 July 2024 –present |
Minister of State for Development Minister of State for Women and Equalities | ![]() | Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | 8 July 2024 – 28 February 2025 |
Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean | ![]() | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | Life peer | 28 February 2025 –present |
Minister without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party | ![]() | Ellie Reeves (unpaid) | Lewisham West and East Dulwich | 2 December 2024 –6 September 2025 |
Post | Portrait | Incumbent | Seat | Term |
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Cabinet ministers | ||||
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union | ![]() | Sir Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | 5 July 2024 –present |
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Deputy Prime Minister | ![]() | David Lammy | Tottenham | 5 September 2025 –present |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | ![]() | Rachel Reeves | Leeds West and Pudsey | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | ![]() | Yvette Cooper | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | ![]() | Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham Ladywood | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | ![]() | Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | 5 September 2025 –present |
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | ![]() | Darren Jones | Bristol North West | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Defence | ![]() | John Healey | Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | ![]() | Wes Streeting | Ilford North | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities | ![]() | Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | ![]() | Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | ![]() | Steve Reed | Streatham and Croydon North | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade | ![]() | Peter Kyle | Hove and Portslade | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | ![]() | Liz Kendall | Leicester West | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Transport | ![]() | Heidi Alexander | Swindon South | 29 November 2024 – present |
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ![]() | Emma Reynolds | Wycombe | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | ![]() | Lisa Nandy | Wigan | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | ![]() | Hilary Benn | Leeds South | 5 July 2024 –present |
Secretary of State for Scotland | ![]() | Douglas Alexander | Lothian East | 5 September 2025 –present |
Secretary of State for Wales | ![]() | Jo Stevens | Cardiff East | 5 July 2024 –present |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) | ![]() | Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | 5 September 2025 –present |
Lord Privy Seal Leader of the House of Lords | ![]() | Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | Life peer | 5 July 2024 –present |
Also attending Cabinet | ||||
Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Commons | ![]() | Sir Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | 5 September 2025 –present |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ![]() | James Murray | Ealing North | 1 September 2025 –present |
Attorney General | ![]() | Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer | Life peer | 5 July 2024 –present |
Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) | ![]() | Anna Turley (unpaid) | Redcar | 6 September 2025 –present |
Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) | ![]() | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | Life peer | 28 February 2025 –present |
Non-ministerial changes:
Member of the House of Commons | Member of the House of Lords | |||
Cabinet ministers and ministers that attend cabinet are listed in bold |
Cabinet Office | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Sir Keir Starmer | 5 July 2024 – present | ||
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Pat McFadden | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | 5 September 2024 – 6 September 2025 | ||
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Darren Jones | 5 September 2025 – present | |
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister | 1 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Nick Thomas-Symonds | 8 July 2024 – present | ||
Minister of State in the Cabinet Office | Douglas Alexander | 10 February 2025 – 5 September 2025 | |
Dan Jarvis | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister without Portfolio Chair of the Labour Party | Ellie Reeves (unpaid) [26] | 6 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Anna Turley (unpaid) | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Secretary | Georgia Gould | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Abena Oppong-Asare | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Chris Ward | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Satvir Kaur (unpaid) | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Josh Simons (Maternity cover for Satvir Kaur) | 7 September 2025 – present |
Business and Trade | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Jonathan Reynolds | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Peter Kyle | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security | Douglas Alexander | 6 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Trade | Sir Chris Bryant | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State | Michael Shanks | 6 September 2025 – 11 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Investment | Poppy Gustafsson, Baroness Gustafsson (unpaid) | 10 October 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Jason Stockwood (unpaid) | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets | Justin Madders | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports | Gareth Thomas | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business and Economic Transformation | Blair McDougall | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection | Kate Dearden | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry | Chris McDonald | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation | Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (paid as a Whip) | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Economy | Liz Lloyd (paid as a Whip | 11 September 2025 – present |
Culture, Media and Sport | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Lisa Nandy | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism | Sir Chris Bryant | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Media and Arts | Ian Murray | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth to September 2025, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth from September 2025 | Stephanie Peacock | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling and Heritage to September 2025, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Museums, Heritage and Gambling from September 2025 | Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross (paid as a Whip) | 23 July 2024 – present |
Defence | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Defence | John Healey | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Defence | Vernon Coaker, Baron Coaker | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry | Maria Eagle | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry | Luke Pollard | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People | Alistair Carns | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Louise Sandher-Jones | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | Luke Pollard | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Alistair Carns | 6 September 2025 – present |
Education Government Equalities | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Education | Bridget Phillipson | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister for Women and Equalities | 8 July 2024 – present | ||
Minister of State for Skills | Jacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern | 6 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Women and Equalities | Anneliese Dodds | 8 July 2024 – 28 February 2025 | |
Jacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern | 4 March 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for School Standards | Catherine McKinnell | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State | Georgia Gould | 6 September 2025 –present | |
Minister of State for Social Security and Disability | Sir Stephen Timms | 8 July 2024 –present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education | Stephen Morgan | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families | Janet Daby | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities | Seema Malhotra | 8 October 2024 –present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities | Dame Nia Griffith | 8 October 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary | Josh MacAlister | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities | Olivia Bailey | 7 September 2025 – present |
Energy Security and Net Zero | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Ed Miliband | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Industry | Sarah Jones | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Energy | Michael Shanks | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath (unpaid) | 9 July 2024 – 22 May 2025 | |
Margaret Curran, Baroness Curran (unpaid) | 22 May 2025 – 6 June 2025 | ||
Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear | Patrick Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate | Kerry McCarthy | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Katie White | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers | Miatta Fahnbulleh | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Martin McCluskey | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | Michael Shanks | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Industry | Chris McDonald | 11 September 2025 – present |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | ||
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Steve Reed | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Emma Reynolds | 5 September 2025 – present | |||
Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs | Daniel Zeichner | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | ||
Minister of State | Dame Angela Eagle | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding | Emma Hardy | 9 July 2024 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature | Mary Creagh (unpaid) | 18 July 2024 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Sue Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 9 July 2024 – present |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | David Lammy | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Yvette Cooper | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Development | Anneliese Dodds | 8 July 2024 – 28 February 2025 | |
Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 28 February 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories | Stephen Doughty | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific | Catherine West | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Seema Malhotra | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Chris Elmore | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan | Hamish Falconer (unpaid to 28 February 2025) | 18 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 18 July 2024 – 28 February 2025 |
Health and Social Care | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Wes Streeting | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Care | Stephen Kinnock | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Secondary Care | Karin Smyth | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | Andrew Gwynne | 9 July 2024 – 8 February 2025 [27] | |
Ashley Dalton | 10 February 2025 –present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health | Gillian Merron, Baroness Merron | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Zubir Ahmed | 6 September 2025 – present |
Home Office | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | Yvette Cooper | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Shabana Mahmood | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Security | Dan Jarvis | 6 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum | Dame Angela Eagle | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Alex Norris | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention to April 2025, Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention from April 2025 | Dame Diana Johnson | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Policing and Crime | Sarah Jones | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for the Home Office | David Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint (unpaid) | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls | Jess Phillips | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship | Seema Malhotra | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Mike Tapp | 6 September 2025 – present |
Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Angela Rayner | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Steve Reed | 5 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution | Jim McMahon | 6 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness | Alison McGovern | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Matthew Pennycook | 6 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth to October 2024, Local Growth and Building Safety from October 2024 to April 2025, Local Growth, Fire and Building Safety from April 2025 | Alex Norris | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness to October 2024, Homelessness and Democracy from October 2024 | Rushanara Ali | 9 July 2024 – 7 August 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Faith and Communities | Miatta Fahnbulleh | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy | Samantha Dixon | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (paid as a Whip) | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement | Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 |
Justice | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Shabana Mahmood | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
David Lammy | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending | James Timpson, Baron Timpson (unpaid) | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services | Heidi Alexander | 8 July 2024 – 29 November 2024 | |
Sarah Sackman | 2 December 2024 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (unpaid) | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Alison Levitt, Baroness Levitt (unpaid) | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls | Alex Davies-Jones | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing and Youth Justice | Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid) | 23 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Jake Richards (paid as a Whip) | 7 September 2025 – present |
Northern Ireland Office | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Hilary Benn | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Fleur Anderson | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Matthew Patrick | 7 September 2025 – present |
Science, Innovation and Technology | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Peter Kyle | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Liz Kendall | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | Patrick Vallance, Baron Vallance of Balham | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms | Sir Chris Bryant | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Ian Murray | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government | Feryal Clark | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Kanishka Narayan | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (paid as a Whip) | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Economy | Liz Lloyd (paid as a Whip) | 11 September 2025 – present |
Scotland Office | ||||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | ||
Secretary of State for Scotland | Ian Murray | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Douglas Alexander | 5 September 2025 – present | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Kirsty McNeill | 9 July 2024 – present |
Transport | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Transport | Louise Haigh | 5 July 2024 – 29 November 2024 | |
Heidi Alexander | 29 November 2024 – present | ||
Minister of State for Rail | Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill (unpaid) | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport | Simon Lightwood | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future of Roads | Lilian Greenwood | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime, and Security | Mike Kane | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Keir Mather | 7 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | Lilian Greenwood | 16 September 2025 – present |
Treasury | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
| Rachel Reeves | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Darren Jones | 5 July 2024 – 1 September 2025 | |
James Murray | 1 September 2025 – present | ||
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Investment | Poppy Gustafsson, Baroness Gustafsson (unpaid) | 10 October 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Jason Stockwood (unpaid) | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister | Tulip Siddiq | 9 July 2024 – 14 January 2025 | |
Emma Reynolds | 14 January 2025 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Lucy Rigby | 6 September 2025 – present | ||
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Murray | 9 July 2024 – 1 September 2025 | |
Dan Tomlinson | 1 September 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Secretary | Emma Reynolds | 9 July 2024 – 14 January 2025 | |
Torsten Bell | 14 January 2025 – present |
Wales Office | ||||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | ||
Secretary of State for Wales | Jo Stevens | 5 July 2024 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | Dame Nia Griffith | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Anna McMorrin | 7 September 2025 – present | |||
Claire Hughes | 16 September 2025 – present |
Work and Pensions | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Liz Kendall | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
Pat McFadden | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Minister of State for Employment | Alison McGovern | 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Minister of State | Dame Diana Johnson | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Social Security and Disability | Sir Stephen Timms | 8 July 2024 – present | |
Minister of State for Skills | Jacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern | 6 September 2025 – present | |
Minister of State for Work and Pensions | Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock | 17 December 2024 –present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | Emma Reynolds | 9 July 2024 – 14 January 2025 | |
Torsten Bell | 14 January 2025 – present | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation | Andrew Western | 9 July 2024 – present | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock (unpaid until 2025) | 9 July 2024 – 16 December 2024 |
Attorney General's Office | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland | Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer | 5 July 2024 – present | |
Solicitor General for England and Wales | Sarah Sackman | 9 July 2024 – 2 December 2024 | |
Lucy Rigby | 2 December 2024 – 6 September 2025 | ||
Ellie Reeves | 6 September 2025 – present |
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland | ||||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | ||
Advocate General for Scotland | Catherine Smith, Baroness Smith of Cluny | 29 August 2024 – present |
House Leaders | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Lucy Powell | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Sir Alan Campbell | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | 5 July 2024 – present | ||
Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury | 9 July 2024 – present |
House of Commons Whips | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
Sir Alan Campbell | 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | ||
Jonathan Reynolds | 5 September 2025 – present | ||
| Mark Tami | 10 July 2024 – present | |
| Chris Elmore | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Nesil Caliskan | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
| Samantha Dixon | 10 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
Lilian Greenwood | 7 September 2025 – 16 September 2025 | ||
Sir Nic Dakin | 16 September 2025 – present | ||
Sir Nic Dakin | 10 July 2024 – 16 September 2025 | ||
Vicky Foxcroft | 10 July 2024 – 19 June 2025 | ||
Jeff Smith | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Anna Turley | 10 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | ||
Taiwo Owatemi | 10 July 2024 – present | ||
Christian Wakeford | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Stephen Morgan | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Claire Hughes | 7 September 2025 – 16 September 2025 | ||
Lilian Greenwood | 16 September 2025 – present | ||
Gen Kitchen | 16 September 2025 – present | ||
Assistant Whips | Christian Wakeford | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | |
Gen Kitchen | 10 July 2024 – 16 September 2025 | ||
Keir Mather | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Gerald Jones | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Anna McMorrin | 10 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Martin McCluskey | 18 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Kate Dearden | 18 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Jake Richards | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Mark Ferguson | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Gregor Poynton | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Imogen Walker | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Jade Botterill | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Deirdre Costigan | 7 September 2025 – present | ||
Claire Hughes | 16 September 2025 – present |
House of Lords Whips | |||
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Post | Incumbent | Term | |
| Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark | 10 July 2024 – present | |
| Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler | 10 July 2024 – present | |
Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury | 9 July 2024 – present | ||
Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (paid as a Whip) | 9 July 2024 – present | ||
Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede | 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | ||
Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (paid as a Whip) | 9 July 2024 – 7 September 2025 | ||
Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent | 11 July 2024 – present | ||
Sonny Leong, Baron Leong (unpaid) | 11 July 2024 – present | ||
Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross (paid as a Whip) | 11 July 2024 – present | ||
Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds (unpaid) | 11 July 2024 – present | ||
John Cryer, Baron Cryer (unpaid) | 8 October 2024 – 14 February 2025 | ||
Claude Moraes, Baron Moraes (unpaid) | 10 February 2025 – 22 July 2025 | ||
Phil Wilson, Baron Wilson of Sedgefield (unpaid) | 10 February 2025 – present | ||
Michael Katz, Baron Katz (unpaid) | 11 April 2025 – present | ||
Gerard Lemos, Baron Lemos (unpaid) | 22 July 2025 – present | ||
Liz Lloyd (paid as a Whip) | 11 September 2025 – present |
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In July 2025, analysis by LabourList and PLMR suggested that there were 38 Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs). [28] On 11 September 2025, an updated PPS list was issued following the reshuffle. [29]
Post | Incumbent | Term |
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Office of the Prime Minister | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | Liz Twist | 17 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Chris Ward | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 | |
Catherine Fookes | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Abena Oppong-Asare | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Jon Pearce | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | Harpreet Uppal | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Cabinet Office | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Satvir Kaur | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office | Torsten Bell | 19 July 2024 – 14 January 2025 |
Claire Hazelgrove | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Naushabah Khan | 11 September 2025 [30] – present | |
Alice Macdonald | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Business and Trade | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business and Trade | Preet Kaur Gill | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Claire Hughes | 14 November 2024 [31] – 11 September 2025 | |
Luke Charters | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Jeevun Sandher | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Marie Tidball | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Kim Leadbeater | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Matthew Patrick | 14 November 2024 [32] – 11 September 2025 | |
Jack Abbott | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Lola McEvoy | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Education | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education | Alan Strickland | 19 July 2024 – present |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education | Emma Foody | 19 July 2024 – present |
Amanda Martin | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Katie White | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | Chris McDonald | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Anna Gelderd | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Connor Rand | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Kanishka Narayan | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Josh Simons | 14 November 2024 [32] – 11 September 2025 | |
Laura Kyrke-Smith | 21 February 2025 [33] – 11 September 2025 | |
Andrew Pakes | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Tom Rutland | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Callum Anderson | 19 July 2024 – present |
Matthew Patrick | 14 November 2024 [32] – 11 September 2025 | |
Preet Kaur Gill | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department for Transport | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport | Liam Conlon | 19 July 2024 – present |
Julie Minns | 14 November 2024 [31] – present | |
Department for Work and Pensions | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions | Olivia Bailey | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Gordon McKee | 14 November 2024 [31] – present | |
Natalie Fleet | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Department of Health and Social Care | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Zubir Ahmed | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care | Ashley Dalton | 19 July 2024 – 10 February 2025 [34] |
Deirdre Costigan | 21 February 2025 [33] – 11 September 2025 | |
Joe Morris | 21 February 2025 [33] – present | |
Steve Race | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Rosie Wrighting | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary | Alan Gemmell | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Jessica Toale | 19 July 2024 – present |
Catherine Atkinson | 11 September 2025 – present | |
HM Treasury | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | Alistair Strathern | 19 July 2024 – present |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury | Imogen Walker | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Claire Hazelgrove | 21 February 2025 [33] – 11 September 2025 | |
Helena Dollimore | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Kirith Entwistle | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Home Office | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary | Jade Botterill | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office | Louise Jones | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Sarah Coombes | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Alan Gemmell | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Sally Jameson | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Ministry of Defence | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence | Pamela Nash | 19 July 2024 – present |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence | Rachel Hopkins | 19 July 2024 – present |
Shaun Davies | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Navendu Mishra | 19 July 2024 – 16 May 2025 [35] |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Harpreet Uppal | 19 July 2024 – present |
Mark Ferguson | 21 February 2025 [33] – 11 September 2025 | |
Tom Hayes | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Laura Kyrke-Smith | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Ministry of Justice | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice | Sally Jameson | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Lucy Rigby | 14 November 2024 [31] – 2 December 2024 | |
James Frith | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Joe Powell | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Melanie Ward | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Northern Ireland Office | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office | Matt Rodda | 19 July 2024 – present |
Law Officers | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Law Officers | Alex Barros-Curtis | 21 February 2025 [33] – present |
Kevin Bonavia | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland | Melanie Ward | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Frank McNally | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Alison Taylor | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales | Becky Gittins | 19 July 2024 – present |
House Leaders | ||
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council | Sarah Coombes | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Leigh Ingham | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal | Shaun Davies | 19 July 2024 – 11 September 2025 |
Jack Abbott | 21 February 2025 [33] – 11 September 2025 | |
Paul Waugh | 11 September 2025 – present | |
Office | Incumbent | Term |
---|---|---|
Downing Street Chief of Staff | Sue Gray | 5 July 2024 – 6 October 2024 |
Morgan McSweeney | 6 October 2024 – present | |
Deputy Downing Street Chief of Staff | Vidhya Alakeson Jill Cuthbertson | October 2024 – present |
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | Ninjeri Pandit | 6 October 2024 – 2025 |
Downing Street Director of Communications | Matthew Doyle | 5 July 2024 – 28 March 2025 |
Downing Street Press Secretary | Sophie Nazemi | July 2024 – present |
Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson | ||
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister | ||
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit | Stuart Ingham | 5 July 2024 – present |
Office | Incumbent | Term |
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Second Church Estates Commissioner | Marsha de Cordova | 7 October 2024 – present |
This is a list of departures from the Starmer ministry since forming a government on 6 July 2024.
Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold) | Office | Date of leaving government | Reason | |
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![]() | Louise Haigh | Secretary of State for Transport | 29 November 2024 | Resigned after admitting she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence relating to misleading police in 2014 [36] |
![]() | Tulip Siddiq | Economic Secretary to the Treasury | 14 January 2025 | Resigned over corruption investigation and links to the government of Sheikh Hasina [37] |
![]() | Andrew Gwynne | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | 8 February 2025 | Sacked over comments posted on a WhatsApp group. [38] |
![]() | John Cryer, Baron Cryer | Lord-in-Waiting | 14 February 2025 | Resigned [39] |
![]() | Anneliese Dodds | Minister of State for Development and Minister of State for Women and Equalities | 28 February 2025 | Resigned over Starmer's decision to cut the foreign aid budget to 0.3% of GNI. [40] |
![]() | Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath | Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | 22 May 2025 | Resigned due to health reasons |
![]() | Navendu Mishra | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2 June 2025 | Resigned due to Starmer cutting disability benefits |
![]() | Margaret Curran, Baroness Curran | Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | 6 June 2025 | Resigned due to health reasons |
![]() | Vicky Foxcroft | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 19 June 2025 | Resigned due to Starmer cutting disability benefits |
![]() | Claude Moraes, Baron Moraes | Lord-in-Waiting | 22 July 2025 | Resigned due to direction of the Labour Party |
![]() | Rushanara Ali | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy | 7 August 2025 | Resigned over claims she evicted tenants from a property she owns and then increased the rent by hundreds of pounds |
![]() | Angela Rayner | Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 5 September 2025 | Resigned after being found to have failed to pay enough tax on flat [41] |
![]() | Poppy Gustafsson, Baroness Gustafsson | Minister of State for Investment | 5 September 2025 | Resigned |
Name | Office | Date of resignation | Reason | |
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![]() | Sue Gray | Downing Street Chief of Staff | 6 October 2024 | Resigned amid intense commentary around her position. [42] |
![]() | Matthew Doyle | Downing Street Director of Communications | 28 March 2025 | Resigned. [43] |
Ninjeri Pandit | Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 28 August 2025 | Resigned. [44] | |
![]() | Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson | British Ambassador to the United States | 11 September 2025 | Sacked amid controversy surrounding his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. [45] |
Paul Ovenden | Downing Street Head of Political Strategy | 15 September 2025 | Resigned after offensive and sexually explicit messages, relating to Diane Abbott, were discovered. [46] |
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