Who will be in the Burnham cabinet?Angela Rayner
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So, where we are now, compiled by our great newsdesk • • Andy Burnham has finished for today appointing his cabinet. He made 27 appointments: • 1. John Healey - Chancellor • 2. Ed Miliband - Foreign Sec • 3. Shabana Mahmood - Home Sec • 4. Wes Streeting - Defence Sec • 5. Alex Norris - Justice Sec • 6. Yvette Cooper - Health Sec • 7. Pat McFadden - Work & Pensions Sec • 8. Louise Haigh - CDL + First Secretary of State • 9. Lucy Powell - Education Sec • 10. Miatta Fahnbulleh - Energy Sec • 11. Angela Rayner - Housing Sec • 12. Jonathan Reynolds - Business Sec • 13. Heidi Alexander - Transport Sec • 14. Angela Eagle - Environment Sec • 15. Lisa Nandy - Culture Sec • 16. Chris Bryant - Northern Ireland Sec • 17. Douglas Alexander - Scotland Sec • 18. Stephen Kinnock - Wales Sec • 19. Anneliese Midgley - Chief Whip • 20. Baroness Smith - Lords Leader • 21. Alan Campbell - Commons Leader • 22. Bridget Phillipson - Equalities Minister • 23. Emma Reynolds - Chief Sec to the Treasury • 24. Ellie Reeves - Attorney General • 25. Kanishka Narayan - AI Minister • 26. Hamish Falconer - Intergovernmental Relations Minister • 27. Matt Pennycook - Housing Minister • • 15 new additions to the cabinet. • 12 members of Starmer's cabinet were kept on, with 7 staying in the same post, and 5 getting new jobs. • 3 new positions that will attend cabinet (AI minister, Intergovernmental Relations Minister and Housing Minister) • 11 members of Starmer's cabinet are confirmed to have left their government (All were officially confirmed by No10 except for Jenny Chapman, who tweeted herself) • • Phone calls: • 1. Donald Trump • 2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy • 3. Ursula von der Leyen • 4. Emmanuel Macron • 5. Mark Rutte • 6. Friedrich Merz • 7. Antonio Costa
ANDY BURNHAM'S CABINET • • [as of 22.53 with many ministers still awaiting their fates in No 10] • • John Healey - Chancellor • • Ed Miliband - Foreign Secretary • • Shabana Mahmood - Home Secretary • • Wes Streeting - Defence Secretary • • Lou Haigh - CDL and First Secretary of State • • Yvette Cooper - Health Secretary • • Angela Rayner - Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary • • Johnny Reynolds - Business Secretary • • Lucy Powell - Education Secretary • • Bridget Phillipson - Women and Equalities Secretary • • Pat McFadden - Work and Pensions Secretary • • Lisa Nandy - Culture, Media and Sport Secretary • • Anneliese Midgely - Chief Whip • • Miatta Fahnbulleh - Energy and Net Zero Secretary • • Angela Eagle - Defra • • Alex Norris -Justice Secretary • • Kanishka Narayan - AI [expected]
Live: Angela Rayner said she is “delighted” to be reappointed housing secretary, adding on X: “Andy Burnham’s vision of good growth in every postcode demands we build
From our great news desk • • Since Burnham has entered No10 he has made 12 appointments and spoken to 7 world leaders* • • *Appointments:* • 1. John Healey - Chancellor • 2. Ed Miliband - Foreign Sec • 3. Shabana Mahmood - Home Sec • 4. Yvette Cooper - Health Sec • 5. Pat McFadden - Work & Pensions Sec • 6. Louise Haigh - CDL + First Secretary of State • 7. Lucy Powell - Education Sec • 8. Angela Rayner - Housing Sec • 9. Jonathan Reynolds - Business Sec • 10. Lisa Nandy - Culture Sec • 11. Anneliese Midgley - Chief Whip • 12. Bridget Phillipson - Equalities Minister • • *Phone calls:* • 1. Donald Trump • 2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy • 3. Ursula von der Leyen • 4. Emmanuel Macron • 5. Mark Rutte • 6. Friedrich Merz • 7. Antonio Costa
Live: Andy Burnham's Cabinet - Who's in and who's out as Angela Rayner returns and Rachel Reeves loses job
NEW: Angela Rayner is back in cabinet as communities secretary - her old job - and Johnny Reynolds goes back to department of business. • Lucy Powell becomes new education secretary - taking over from her one time deputy leadership rival Bridget Phillipson who stays in cabinet as minister for women and equalities. • Anneliese Midgley, a close Burnham ally and organiser extraordinaire, becomes chief whip.
Live: Angela Rayner appointed Housing Secretary
BREAKING • • Angela Rayner returns as secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. It's less than 10 months after she left govt over her unpaid stamp duty bill • • A big role in the new government given council housebuilding programme and devolution agenda • • Lucy Powell is the new education secretary • • Bridget Phillipson is secretary of state for women and equalities. She remains a full member of cabinet • • Johnny Reynolds is now the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade - sounds like suggestion DSIT is dead is true • • Anneliese Midgeley is chief whip
BREAKING: • Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government • • Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade • • 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
Live: Angela Rayner appointed housing secretary
BREAKING • • Angela Rayner returns as secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. It's less than 10 months after she left govt over her unpaid stamp duty bill • • A big role in the new government given council housebuilding programme and devolution agenda • • Lucy Powell is the new education secretary • • Bridget Phillipson is left with minister for women and equalities. She remains a full member of cabinet • • Johnny Reynolds is now the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade - sounds like suggestion DSIT is dead is true • • Anneliese Midgeley is chief whip
Live: Angela Rayner reappointed as Housing Secretary
New: Bridget Phillipson loses the Education brief, which is handed to Lucy Powell • • Jonathan Reynolds returns to business and Angela Rayner back at MHCLG • • Anneliese Midgley Chief Whip • • Much of today’s appointments about undoing the September 2025 reshuffle
LATEST APPOINTMENTS • • Angela Rayner returns as Housing Secretary. • • Jonathan Reynolds is Business Secretary. • • Lucy Powell takes Education (not deputy PM). • • Anneliese Midgley is Chief Whip.
Almost a year after resigning as Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner is now back in the Cabinet as Housing Secretary in Burnham’s government.
Live: Angela Rayner enters No10
Live: Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has gone into No 10. She has widely been expected to make a comeback in a big cabinet role.
Live: Former deputy PM Angela Rayner goes into Number 10
Where does the news lean?
26YES0NO2neutraltrailing 24h
Average match confidence across the listed signals: 96%.
How did this market resolve?
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the listed individual is confirmed as a minister in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom formed as a result of Andy Burnham being appointed Prime Minister. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
To qualify, the individual must be appointed or reappointed to a cabinet position by the United Kingdom Monarch in the period between the official appointment of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister of the UK and the seventh day thereafter, 11:59 PM UTC. If the individual will continue to serve in a preexisting cabinet position without an explicit reappointment, their continuance in the Burnham cabinet must be confirmed by an official announcement or a consensus of credible reporting by the end of the specified timeframe to qualify.
Any interim or caretaker cabinet position will not count toward the resolution of this market.
To qualify, the listed individual must be appointed to a cabinet minister position. The position of an ordinary minister who also attends cabinet meetings, or any other unpaid ministerial position will not be considered for resolution.
If Andy Burnham is not appointed as Prime Minister of the UK by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC, this market will resolve to “No”.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the Government of the United Kingdom; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
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