First Female Chancellor of the Exchequer and other cabinet members supporting Keir’s Starmer’s Change Agenda

Rachel Reeves is the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer

It is no longer news that Keir Starmer is the UK’s prime minister after the Labour Party’s win in the general election on July 4, 2024. 

Keir Starmer’s campaign was largely about driving change and stopping the decline in citizens' confidence in the Country’s public services.  

Following this victory, who are the cabinet members who will support the PM’s agenda? Below, we have listed the cabinet members, including the first female chancellor of the exchequer and their functions. 

  • Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister

  • Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer

  • Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

  • Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

  • Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department

  • Rt Hon John Healey MP as Secretary of State for Defence

  • Shabana Mahmood MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

  • Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

  • Bridget Phillipson MP as Secretary of State for Education

  • Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  • Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade

  • Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Louise Haigh MP as Secretary of State for Transport

  • Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

  • Ian Murray MP as Secretary of State for Scotland

  • Jo Stevens MP as Secretary of State for Wales

  • Lucy Powell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Common

  • Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords

  • Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip); 

  • Darren Jones MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

  • Richard Hermer KC as Attorney General*

  • Sir Patrick Vallance KCB as a Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology *

  • James Timpson OBE as a Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice *

  • Ellie Reeves MP as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio)

  • Dan Jarvis MBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office

  • Jim McMahon OBE MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Matthew Pennycook MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade

  • Rt Hon Jacqui Smith as a Minister of State in the Department for Education


    The list is still being updated as appointments are being made. To keep up with the appointments, please follow the link to view the updates in real time.
     
      



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