Who will be in the Burnham cabinet?Ed Miliband

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appoints former Labour leader Ed Miliband as Foreign Secretary in his new government.

Cabinet so far: • Chancellor - John Healey • Foreign - Ed Miliband • Home - Shabana Mahmood • Work & Pensions - Pat McFadden • Health - Yvette Cooper • CDL & First Sec of State - Lou Haigh

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appoints former Labour leader Ed Miliband as Foreign Secretary in his new government.

New UK Foreign Secretary to Continue Support for Ukraine New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced his first cabinet appointments. Ed Miliband has taken over as Foreign Secretary, replacing Yvette Cooper. Miliband served as Energy Security Secretary in Keir Starmer's government and has been an active participant in international meetings on the resilience of Ukraine's energy system in the face of Russian attacks. Since 2014, he has taken a tough stance on Russia, calling for maximum diplomatic and economic pressure on Putin. John Healy, a former defence minister and one of the most determined and active supporters of Ukraine in British politics, has become Chancellor of the Exchequer. This is essentially the second most important position in the government after the prime minister. According to experts, the appointment of Healy will mean that increasing the UK's defense spending will become one of Burnham's priorities. It is also known that Shabana Mahmud has retained her position as Home Secretary. Other appointments will be made later. Video: Reuters [in reply to: Zelensky held his first conversation with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham According to the head of state, the British Prime Minister assured of his unwavering support for Ukraine and expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the latest Russian attacks. We agreed to discuss our further cooperation, including work within the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition, during a meeting in the near future. Add News.LIVE as a reliable news source on Google]

Ed Miliband, a Jewish-British politician, former chairman of the British Labour Party, was appointed Foreign Secretary in Andy Burnham's new government.

Ed Miliband becomes UK foreign secretary as Shabana Mahmood keeps job as home secretary • • Follow live:

Live: Ed Miliband, who served as Starmer’s energy secretary, will become the foreign secretary under the new prime minister. That gives Mr. Miliband one of the highest-profile jobs at a time of significant upheaval around the world, including in Ukraine and the Middle East. It will also fall to him to help manage the relationship with President Trump.

British Prime Minister's Office: Ed Miliband appointed Foreign Secretary

BREAKING: Ed Miliband becomes foreign secretary. Shabana Mahmood reinstated home secretary. Louise Haigh confirmed as CDL and first secretary of state.

BREAKING: Ed Miliband becomes foreign secretary. Shabana Mahmood as home secretary. Louise Haigh confirmed as CDL and first secretary of state.

ALERT: Ed Miliband appointed new UK foreign minister: govt

Ed Miliband is new Foreign Secretary while Shabana Mahmood remains Home Secretary

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments: • 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 Darren Jones MP and Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP have left the Government

Burnham Cabinet taking shape • • John Healey as Chancellor • • Ed Miliband as Foreign Secretary • • Lousie Haigh - a close Burnham ally - returns to Cabinet as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office • • Shabana Mahmood remains at Home Secretary

UK PM Burnham appoints Ed Miliband as foreign minister

Ed Miliband foreign secretary • • Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary

Live: Ed Miliband chosen as foreign secretary by Burnham.

UK PM Burnham Appoints Ed Miliband

Live: PICTURED: Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood walk into No10

Live: Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood walking up Downing Street

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood both walking up to No10 at the same time. • • The new PM is keeping us guessing til the very end!

Times weekend read on how Labour descended into a week of infighting before Burnham’s premiership has even begun: • • * Burnham says he wants to ‘eradicate the ‘insidious’ briefing culture in Westminster. But the vacuum left by delaying announcing appointments has only fuelled it • • * One minister who is long in the tooth said that it had been even worse than the TB-GBs • • * Such is the lack of hard information - only Burnham and a handful of his closest allies know the detail of his plans for government - that ministers have taken to asking journalists if they have heard anything about their futures • • * Ed Miliband has been the subject of a vituperative briefing campaign as senior allies of Burnham did everything in their power to stop him from becoming chancellor • • * Some critics claimed he would pose a genuine threat to the nation if he entered No 11. Others said he would become a lightning rod for criticism of the government and would be a toxic and divisive figure. He was variously derided for being “too left-wing”, for his “ideological obsession” with net zero and for being a “north London liberal” • • * On Monday there was a shift in tone. The Times revealed that those campaigning to stop Miliband had claimed victory. Burnham, they said, had been convinced that appointing Miliband would be a mistake and was expected to opt for Shabana Mahmood • • * Burnham is opting for someone who does even explicitly want the job. Mahmood had had to be persuaded to leave her berth at the home office, a job she loves and regards as unfinished business. She is said to be concerned about whether her successor will push ahead with her migration reforms • • * He finds himself in the extraordinary position of effectively attempting to persuade someone into one of the most powerful roles in the country • • * Miliband is said to have taken Burnham’s putative decision badly. “It is a bitter blow,” one MP who supports him said. “He can read the runes as much as anyone else.” Team Miliband did not comment. His allies have gone on the offensive, publicly questioning Mahmood’s suitability for the role • • * Burnham lining up Miliband as foreign secretary. But US has significant concerns • • * Burnham will go big next week with a policy blitz. Cuts to energy bills, bus fares, new oil and gas drilling in North Sea, plans to overhaul social care and devolution • • * He will spent part of week in new No 10 North at GCHQ site in Manchester in a symbol of how he intends to proceed • • * One source said that there had been discussions about scrapping the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, rolling science and innovation back into business and technology back into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport • • * “It’s always been a slightly chaotic department,” one Burnham ally said. “It’s lurched from being a tech booster to a tech blocker. Burnham is clear on this — he will put workers and jobs before Silicon Valley.” • • * What of Starmer? His official position is that he will stay on as the Labour MP for Holborn & St Pancras for the rest of this parliament. However, some believe that he will quit in relatively short order. They say he is not rich and needs to find a new home after firebombing of his Kentish Town residence • •

Exclusive: A senior Labour backbencher has called on Andy Burnham to cull ministers from Sir Keir Starmer’s government, arguing that only a “real change at the top of government” can deliver the new politics that has been promised. • • Jon Trickett has issued a dramatic challenge to Burnham on the eve of his coronation as Labour leader, arguing that he must not simply reshuffle ministers who embodied Starmer’s approach, but instead install a new leadership team capable of delivering a fundamentally different political project. • • His intervention comes as Burnham prepares to appoint his first cabinet next week. The i Paper exclusively revealed yesterday that Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, is currently in poll position to become his chancellor – amid claims he has passed over Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, who was the early front-runner to take over the Treasury. Instead, Miliband is now tipped for a move to the Foreign Office. • • Other members of Starmer’s current Cabinet expected to be given jobs include Lucy Powell, Lisa Nandy, Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves, who is widely expected to see her job as chancellor downgraded to a lesser cabinet role. • • The expected appointment of Mahmood to the Treasury has already sparked a backlash among some within the Parliamentary Labour Party, who see her as too right-wing.

EXC: Andy Burnham's team has “pretty much locked in” senior Cabinet picks • • - Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is now expected to become Chancellor of the Exchequer • • - Opponents of Ed Miliband campaigned to stop his appointment as Chancellor. He is expected to be offered Foreign Secretary. • • - A Labour insider sympathetic to Miliband said his prospects of becoming Chancellor had suffered not so much because of scepticism about his net zero agenda, but because many in the party had not forgiven him for Labour's 2015 general election defeat. • • - Also in line for Cabinet positions are Louise Haigh who will be in a “beefed up" role as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a senior Cabinet Office minister who drives cross-government policy and collaboration. • • - Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell and former Housing Secretary Angela Rayner are all in line for Cabinet positions. • • - Cabinet expected to be announced late Monday afternoon

- Cabinet largely expected to be same faces around table albeit in different positions • • - This is for two reasons: 1) Burnham aware he lacks mandate and needs to keep team that won election 2) what a Labour source describes as "total lack of talent" among junior MPs • • - Big push to stop Ed Miliband becoming Chancellor. Others in mix include Streeting, Cooper, Healey, Mahmood (who wants to stay as Home Sec) • • - Likely return to Cabinet for Louise Haigh, Rayner (said to be eyeing up education) • •

- Cabinet largely expected to be same faces around table albeit in different positions • • - This is for two reasons: 1) Burnham aware he lacks mandate and needs to keep team that won election 2) what a Labour source describes as "total lack of talent" among junior MPs • • - Big push to stop Ed Miliband becoming Chancellor. Miliband, Streeting, Cooper, Healey, Mahmood (who wants to stay as Home Sec) • • - Likely return to Cabinet for Louise Haigh, Rayner (said to be eyeing up education) • •