Mahmood named Home Secretary as PM reshuffles top team following Rayner departure

SIR Keir Starmer last night instigated a major reshuffle of his senior ministers following Angela Rayner’s resignation for breaching the ministerial code.

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David Lammy was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and moved into a new role as Justice Secretary, after serving as Britain's top diplomat, the Foreign Secretary, over the last year.

Shabana Mahmood, formerly the justice secretary, is the new Home Secretary, while Yvette Cooper has moved from her brief at the Home Office to take over Mr Lammy’s former job as Foreign Secretary.

With Rachel Reeves remaining in post as Chancellor, the appointment of Ms Mahmood and Ms Cooper to their new roles mean that for the first time in history the three so-called “great offices of state” are all filled by women.

Elsewhere, Pat McFadden, formerly a senior Cabinet Office minister, is set to take over a new “super ministry” comprised of the Department for Work and Pensions and the skills remit of the Department for Education.

Steve Reed has taken over Ms Rayner’s brief as Housing Secretary, leaving behind his role as environment secretary.

Darren Jones, a Labour rising star who was only days ago appointed to the new position of the chief secretary to the Prime Minister, also takes over Mr McFadden's old Cabinet Office job: the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.