Starmer ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
2024–present
Starmer's cabinet in October 2025
Date formed	5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)
People and organisations
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Deputy Prime Minister	Angela Rayner (2024–2025) David Lammy (2025–present)
No. of ministers	121 (excludingministers on maternity leave) 92 MPs, 29 peers 109 paid, 12 unpaid
Ministers removed	11 resigned 1 dismissed 20 (at 2025 reshuffle) left for other reasons
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition cabinet	Sunak shadow cabinet Badenoch shadow cabinet
Opposition party	Conservative Party
Opposition leader	Rishi Sunak (2024) Kemi Badenoch (2024–present)
History
Election	2024 general election
Legislature term	2024–present
Budgets	October 2024 budget March 2025 spring statement November 2025 budget
Predecessor	Sunak ministry

TheStarmer ministry began on 5 July 2024 whenKeir Starmer was invited by KingCharles III to form agovernment, following the resignation ofRishi Sunak after the2024 general election.

Starmer formed his government throughout 5–7 July, after his party won 411 seats in the2024 general election, with the newCabinet 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 (includingRachel Reeves as the first femaleChancellor of the Exchequer in British history) and three of the five top positions in the British government, includingAngela Rayner asDeputy Prime Minister andSecretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.^{[4][5][failed verification]}

Starmer also appointed experts: scientistPatrick Vallance asMinister of State for Science, rehabilitation campaignerJames Timpson asMinister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, and international law expertRichard Hermer asAttorney General for England and Wales.^[6] The government includes a few ministers from theNew Labour governments ofTony Blair andGordon Brown, includingHilary Benn,Yvette Cooper,David Lammy andEd Miliband in the Cabinet, andJacqui Smith andDouglas Alexander as junior ministers.^[7][8][9]

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Starmer Cabinet^[11]

Post	Portrait	Incumbent	Seat	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union		SirKeir 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		Pat McFadden	Wolverhampton South East	5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations				5 September 2024 – 6 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
Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice		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		Bridget Phillipson	Houghton and Sunderland South	5 July 2024 – present
Minister for Women and Equalities				8 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 – 28 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
Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons		Lucy Powell	Manchester Central	5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords		Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon	Life peer	5 July 2024 – present
Also attending Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)		SirAlan 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, Advocate General for Northern Ireland		Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer	Life peer	5 July 2024 – present
Minister of State (Development), Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)		Anneliese Dodds	Oxford East	8 July 2024 – 28 February 2025
Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean)		Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington	Life peer	28 February 2025 – 7 September 2025
Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) *		Ellie Reeves	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	2 December 2024 – 6 September 2025

NB * Also appointed to the non-government role ofChair of the Labour Party.

Changes from Starmer'sfinal Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.^[12]

• Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat andLisa Nandy was appointed to Cabinet in her place.
• Nandy's previous role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government (not reformed by Starmer).Anneliese Dodds was appointed to attend Cabinet asMinister of State (Development).
• Dodds was also appointedMinister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities), whileBridget Phillipson was appointed to the more senior role ofMinister for Women and Equalities.^[13] Dodds had served in Shadow Cabinet asChair of the Labour Party andShadow Women and Equalities Secretary.
• Ellie Reeves' previous role (Deputy National Campaign Coordinator) has no government equivalent. She was appointed to succeed Dodds asChair of the Labour Party^[14] (a non-ministerial role). She was also appointedMinister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio), but did not initially attend Cabinet.
• Jonathan Ashworth (Shadow Paymaster General) lost his seat.Nick Thomas-Symonds (Shadow Minister without Portfolio) was appointedPaymaster General andMinister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations), but will not attend Cabinet.^[15]
• Emily Thornberry (Shadow Attorney General) was not appointed to Cabinet nor any junior ministerial role and returns to the backbenches.^[15]Richard Hermer was appointedAttorney General from outside parliament and will be given alife peerage to serve.
• Hermer,Sir Alan Campbell (Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons) andDarren Jones (Chief Secretary to the Treasury) were appointed to attend Cabinet. These portfolios had been full members of the Shadow Cabinet.
• Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords) had been a member of the Shadow Cabinet asChief Whip of the Labour Party in theHouse of Lords, but he was not appointed to Cabinet while remaining in the same role.

Subsequent changes.

• Pat McFadden was appointed to the additional role ofMinister for Intergovernmental Relations on 5 September 2024.^[16]
• Louise Haigh resigned asTransport Secretary on 28 November 2024, and was replaced byHeidi Alexander the following day.^[17][18]
• Ellie Reeves was promoted to attend Cabinet in her existing role asMinister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) on 2 December 2024.^[19][20]
• Anneliese Dodds resigned asMinister of State (Development) andMinister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) on 28 February 2025.^[21] Dodds was replaced in her Cabinet-attending Development role byJenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington^[22], and in her Women and Equalities role byJacqui Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern^[23].

Starmer Cabinet^[24][25]

Post	Portrait	Incumbent	Seat	Term
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, Lord Chancellor andSecretary of State for Justice		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		Darren Jones	Bristol North West	1 September 2025 – present
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations				6 September 2025 – present
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster				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		Bridget Phillipson	Houghton and Sunderland South	5 July 2024 – present
Minister for Women and Equalities				8 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 (International Development and Africa)		Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington	Life peer	7 September 2025 – present
Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations)		Nick Thomas-Symonds	Torfaen	2 December 2025 – present
Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) *		Anna Turley	Redcar	6 September 2025 – present

NB * Also appointed to the non-government role ofChair of the Labour Party.

• Darren Jones was appointed to the new role ofChief Secretary to the Prime Minister on 1 September 2025^[26] and subsequently took over two roles fromPat McFadden,Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 September 2025 andMinister for Intergovernmental Relations on 6 September 2025^[27].
• James Murray replaced Darren Jones asChief Secretary to the Treasury.^[24]
• Angela Rayner resigned.^[28]
• David Lammy moved to beLord Chancellor andSecretary of State for Justice, replacingShabana Mahmood. He was also appointedDeputy Prime Minister, replacing Angela Rayner.^[25]
• Yvette Cooper moved to beSecretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, replacing David Lammy.
• Shabana Mahmood moved to beSecretary of State for the Home Department, replacing Yvette Cooper.
• Steve Reed moved to beSecretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, replacing Angela Rayner.^[25]
• Emma Reynolds was appointedSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, replacing Steve Reed.
• Sir Alan Campbell was appointedLord President of the Council andLeader of the House of Commons, replacingLucy Powell who left the government.
• Jonathan Reynolds was appointedParliamentary Secretary to the Treasury andGovernment Chief Whip in the House of Commons, replacing Sir Alan Campbell.
• Peter Kyle moved to beSecretary of State for Business and Trade andPresident of the Board of Trade, replacing Jonathan Reynolds.
• Liz Kendall moved to beSecretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, replacing Peter Kyle.
• Pat McFadden moved to beSecretary of State for Work and Pensions, replacing Liz Kendall.
• Douglas Alexander was appointedSecretary of State for Scotland, replacingIan Murray who moved to beMinister of State in theDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport and theDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology (Murray will no longer attend Cabinet).
• Anna Turley was appointedMinister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio), replacingEllie Reeves who moved to beSolicitor General (Reeves will no longer attend Cabinet).

Non-ministerial changes (alongside reshuffle):

• Anna Turley also replaced Ellie Reeves asChair of the Labour Party.^[29]
• Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik joined as an economic adviser.^[30]
• James Lyons departed as strategic communications director.^[31]
• Nin Pandit departed asPrincipal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[32]

Subsequent changes.

• Nick Thomas-Symonds was promoted to attend Cabinet in his existing role asPaymaster General,
  Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) on 2 December 2025.^[33]

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In July 2025, analysis byLabourList and PLMR suggested that there were 38Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs).^[54] On 11 September 2025, an updated PPS list was issued following the reshuffle.^[55] As of 19 November 2025,^[update] an updated list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries was published onGOV.UK.^[56]

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This is a list of departures from the Starmer ministry since forming a government on 6 July 2024. It does not include ministers who left government as part of the2025 British cabinet reshuffle which followed theresignation of Angela Rayner.

Minister (Cabinet ministers shown inbold orbold italics)		Office	Date of leaving government	Reason
	Louise Haigh	Secretary of State for Transport	28 November 2024	Resigned after admitting she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence relating to misleading police in 2014[17]
	Tulip Siddiq	Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister)	14 January 2025	Resigned over corruption investigation and links to the government ofSheikh Hasina[76][47]
	Andrew Gwynne	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention	8 February 2025	Sacked over comments posted on a WhatsApp group.[77][35]
	John Cryer, Baron Cryer	Lord in Waiting	14 February 2025	Resigned[35]
	Anneliese Dodds	Minister of State (Development), Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)	28 February 2025	Resigned over government decision to cut the foreign aid budget to 0.3% of GNI[21][22]
	Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath	Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)	22 May 2025	Resigned[40]
	Margaret Curran, Baroness Curran	Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)	6 June 2025	Resigned due to health reasons[41]
	Vicky Foxcroft	Junior Lord of the Treasury	19 June 2025	Resigned over government decision to cut disability benefits[51]
	Claude Moraes, Baron Moraes	Lord in Waiting	22 July 2025	Resigned[52]
	Rushanara Ali	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister 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[46]
	Angela Rayner	Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government	5 September 2025	Resigned after being found to have failed to pay enough tax on flat[28]
	Poppy Gustafsson, Baroness Gustafsson	Minister of State (Minister for Investment)	5 September 2025	Resigned[38]

Name		Office	Date of leaving government	Reason
	Sue Gray	Downing Street Chief of Staff	6 October 2024	Resigned amid intense commentary around her position[69]
	Matthew Doyle	Downing Street Director of Communications	28 March 2025	Resigned[72]
	Navendu Mishra MP	Parliamentary Private Secretary to theDeputy Prime Minister and theMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (non-ministerial role)	16 May 2025	Resigned[57]
	Nin Pandit	Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	28 August 2025	Resigned[32]
	James Lyons	Downing Street Strategic Communications Director	1 September 2025	Resigned[31]
	Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson	British Ambassador to the United States	11 September 2025	Sacked following the release of documents revealing the extent of histies to the convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein[78]
	Paul Ovenden	Downing Street Head of Political Strategy	15 September 2025	Resigned after offensive and sexually explicit messages, relating toDiane Abbott, were discovered[74]
	Steph Driver	Downing Street Director of Communications	25 September 2025	Resigned[73]
	Morgan McSweeney	Downing Street Chief of Staff	8 February 2026	Resigned amid internal party pressures stemming from his involvement in recommending the appointment of Mandelson[79]
	Tim Allan	Downing Street Director of Communications	9 February 2026	Resigned following the resignation of McSweeney

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