Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out?

Politics The Guardian By Rowena Mason and Peter Walker 20 Jul 2026 23:00 1 min read

From the Treasury to the Home Office, we look at who is heading up key departments in new PM’s government Burnham vows his arrival in power will be ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UK Six highlights from Andy Burnham’s first Downing Street speech Andy Burnham has appointed his first cabinet, with the new prime minister rewarding those who have been loyal to his takeover efforts. He had promised to pick his top team from all wings of the party in an effort to show he is trying to run a more inclus

From the Treasury to the Home Office, we look at who is heading up key departments in new PM’s government

Burnham vows his arrival in power will be ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UK

Six highlights from Andy Burnham’s first Downing Street speech

Andy Burnham has appointed his first cabinet, with the new prime minister rewarding those who have been loyal to his takeover efforts. He had promised to pick his top team from all wings of the party in an effort to show he is trying to run a more inclusive administration.

But at the same time, his decision to have a brutal clearout of Starmer allies resulted in many considered to be on the right of the party or close to the former prime minister losing their jobs. These are the key announcements so far:

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