Ministerial Appointments: July 2026
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:
- Rt Hon John Healey MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office
- Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP will remain as Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP will remain as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP as Secretary of State for Education
- Anneliese Midgley MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will be a member of Cabinet
- Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP will remain a full member of Cabinet as Minister for Women and Equalities, reporting to the Prime Minister
- Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Defence
- Alex Norris MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
- Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Stephen Kinnock MP as Secretary of State for Wales.
- Sir Chris Bryant MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP as Attorney General. She will attend Cabinet.
- Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. She will attend Cabinet.
- Kanishka Narayan MP as Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence) jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. He will attend Cabinet.
- Hamish Falconer MP as Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations) jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He will attend Cabinet.
- Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP will remain as Secretary of State for Transport.
- Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP will remain as Secretary of State for Scotland.
- Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP will remain as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons.
- Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon will remain as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
- Matthew Pennycook MP will remain as Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. He will attend Cabinet.
- Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP has left the Government
- Rt Hon Darren Jones MP and Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP have left the Government
- Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP, and Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP have left the Government
- Rt Hon David Lammy MP has left the Government
- Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC and Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP have left the Government.