Sir Keir Starmer has begun announcing his new cabinet – hours after taking power in a landslide victory.
Here’s who the new prime minister has appointed:
Angela Rayner
Rayner has been Sir Keir Starmer’s deputy since he was elected Labour leader in 2020.
She also becomes levelling up secretary – a shadow brief that she also held.
Born and raised on a council estate in Stockport, Greater Manchester, she had her first child at the age of 16, crediting New Labour’s Sure Start policy with ensuring her life “wasn’t written off”.
She worked as a carer and then a trade union leader before entering party politics.
Earlier this year she faced questions over the sale of her council house but police and tax authorities confirmed there had been no wrongdoing.
Rachel Reeves
Reeves worked for the Bank of England and then HBOS before entering the Commons in 2010.
As a teenager growing up in Lewisham, south London, she won the British under-14 chess championship before going to study at Oxford.
She says she turned down a job at Goldman Sachs, despite the fact it would have made her “much richer”.
Reeves took over as shadow chancellor in May 2021 and along with Sir Keir has helped reshape Labour’s relationship with the business community and has stressed the importance of fiscal discipline. Her younger sister Ellie Reeves is also a Labour MP.