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Andy Burnham's new cabinet - who's in, who's out.

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Twiglets1 · 20/07/2026 17:46

John Healey, who quit as Keir Starmer's defence secretary last month, has been pictured walking up Downing Street - is he about to be reinstated as Defence Secretary, I wonder.

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood also photographed walking up Downing Street together - but we still don't which positions they will be given in Cabinet.

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Imdunfer · 20/07/2026 21:16

Dreamer2525 · 20/07/2026 21:06

Interested to see who gets education.

Is it not quite late for this to be going on now?

Unprecedented according to the reporting I'm watching. Normally done in 2 hours. On more than 5 hours so far.

Dreamer2525 · 20/07/2026 21:06

Interested to see who gets education.

Is it not quite late for this to be going on now?

Dymaxion · 20/07/2026 21:01

Who's getting Hilary Benn's old job ?

LuckyHazelFox · 20/07/2026 20:47

PropertyD · 20/07/2026 20:46

Where is Big Ange in all of this?

She's in there waiting to hear what she's getting. If he makes her his deputy, the man's a bigger idiot than I thought.

PropertyD · 20/07/2026 20:46

Where is Big Ange in all of this?

goingtotown · 20/07/2026 20:45

Brightlittlecanary · 20/07/2026 17:55

11 of them out so far. So 50 percent.

reeves must have been offered a shite job.

Reeves refused the filing clerk job.

Livelovebehappy · 20/07/2026 20:35

Imdunfer · 20/07/2026 20:16

Oh the irony! Mr Net Zero Milliband now has a job with a carbon footprint that is literally sky high!

Hilarious. And possibly a clever move by Burnham. Milliband will hardly be in the UK, so out of sight and no drama.

Livelovebehappy · 20/07/2026 20:33

Haigh and Raynor. A fraudster and a liar. Sounds like Mr Burnham’s moral compass is in the gutter.

WhatAMarvelousTune · 20/07/2026 20:27

Cars4Gov · 20/07/2026 19:32

Where's Streeting, wasn't he supposed to get a job as pay off for not challenging Burnham?

He didn’t challenge Burnham because he didn’t have the numbers. I doubt Burnham had to promise him anything.

titchy · 20/07/2026 20:17

Imdunfer · 20/07/2026 20:16

Oh the irony! Mr Net Zero Milliband now has a job with a carbon footprint that is literally sky high!

GrinGrinGrin

Imdunfer · 20/07/2026 20:16

Oh the irony! Mr Net Zero Milliband now has a job with a carbon footprint that is literally sky high!

Sadcafe · 20/07/2026 20:11

Healey resigned on a matter of principle, good minister and deserves the job given, Streeting resigned because he was a whiny so and so who thought he could do better than Starmer and will probably get nothing of consequence

Shinyandnew1 · 20/07/2026 20:10

No news on Education?

BetterToBe · 20/07/2026 20:09

SummerPeonies2026 · 20/07/2026 19:57

Haigh - a woman convicted of fraud is part of Burnham’s cabinet. That sums up the dire state of the talent pool in Labour.

Who in particular?

I have professional connections with Yvette Cooper who is such a clever politician (see my post above).

She is so detailed, accurate and nothing gets past her - so take her off your list!

Who do you see in action? What exactly is it that they are dire at?

BrandiedAromatics · 20/07/2026 20:08

SummerPeonies2026 · 20/07/2026 19:57

Haigh - a woman convicted of fraud is part of Burnham’s cabinet. That sums up the dire state of the talent pool in Labour.

I really liked Darren Jones, who was in the role she has got:

Louise Haigh is back in the prime minister's top team, serving as first secretary of state and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster

but you have to be close to the PM for this particular job and she has been working with Burnham for over a year to make him PM.

MsGreying · 20/07/2026 20:05

SummerPeonies2026 · 20/07/2026 19:57

Haigh - a woman convicted of fraud is part of Burnham’s cabinet. That sums up the dire state of the talent pool in Labour.

Concerning. But if he's including Raynor too .. it's all dirty.

He was doing reasonably well. I'd not have Cooper near it either though.

SummerPeonies2026 · 20/07/2026 19:57

Haigh - a woman convicted of fraud is part of Burnham’s cabinet. That sums up the dire state of the talent pool in Labour.

Dokushozanmai · 20/07/2026 19:57

McFadden stays where he is which is good news

BrandiedAromatics · 20/07/2026 19:56

These are the real power brokers - Louise Haigh and Anneliese Midgley:

If Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, it will be, at least in part, because of Haigh and Midgley. In their different ways, they have been the true power brokers of the past several years of the Labour government. Haigh, the higher-profile former cabinet minister, revived and grew the Tribune group of MPs, turning it into a serious organising vehicle within the Parliamentary Labour Party. She is now well-known for orchestrating the welfare rebellion that heralded the moment in which the McSweeneyite approach began to fail. Surprised and outmanoeuvred again, Starmer’s team weren’t even exactly sure who had coordinated this rebellion that they hadn’t seen coming. In fact, as well as Haigh and a few others, it was Midgley. (New Statesman)

mynameiscalypso · 20/07/2026 19:55

Cooper to Health.

Dokushozanmai · 20/07/2026 19:55

Yvette is heath secretary

BlackBean2023 · 20/07/2026 19:50

Lucy Powell to replace Bridget for Education is my prediction

LuckyHazelFox · 20/07/2026 19:49

Wes for Deputy???

mynameiscalypso · 20/07/2026 19:47

LuckyHazelFox · 20/07/2026 19:41

Streeting stood back to support Burnham. So surely he's got to get a look in, unless he's going to be shafted.

Did he actually stand back or did he never really have the numbers? It was never entirely clear to me.

Allseeingallknowing · 20/07/2026 19:45

Twiglets1 · 20/07/2026 19:42

I assumed he would be given something good but no sign of him yet.

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