Starmer is putting together his cabinet – how different will it look now it’s not in the shadows? Ashworth and Debbonaire-shaped holes will have to be filled for a start…
UPDATE: Read new ministerial appointments below:
UPDATE II: Huge raft of overnight appointments added as well.
UPDATE III: Whips added.
APPOINTMENTS TUESDAY 09 JULY
Georgia Gould MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
Abena Oppong-Asare MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office;
James Murray MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury)in His Majesty’s Treasury;
Tulip Siddiq MP as a Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister)in His Majesty’s Treasury;
Emma Reynolds MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in His Majesty’s Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions;
Catherine West MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office;
Lord Collins of Highbury as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
Seema Malhotra MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
Jess Phillips MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office;
Luke Pollard MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence;
Alistair Carns MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence(Minister for Veterans);
Alex Davies-Jones MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice;
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede asa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip);
Alex Norris MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
Rushanara Ali MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip);
Lord Khan of Burnley asa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
Andrew Gwynne MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care;
Baroness Merronas a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care;
Stephen Morgan MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education;
Janet Daby MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education;
Kerry McCarthy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
Michael Shanks MP as aParliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero;
Andrew Western MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Work and Pensions;
Baroness Sherlock OBE as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Work and Pensions;
Justin Madders MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade;
Gareth Thomas MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade;
Feryal Clark MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology;
Baroness Jones of Whitchurchas a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade, and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip);
Simon Lightwood MP asa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
Lilian Greenwood MP asa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
Mike Kane MP asa Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport;
Emma Hardy MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
Baroness Hayman of Ullockas a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
Stephanie Peacock MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport;
Fleur Anderson MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office;
Kirsty McNeill MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office;
Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office.
APPOINTMENTS WEDNESDAY 10 JULY
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”