Who will be in the Burnham cabinet?Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting has become the UK's Defence Minister in the government of the new Prime Minister Burnham. This is reported by Sky News. Before that, he headed the country's Ministry of Health. Commenting on his appointment, he assured that he would "provide the Armed Forces with the necessary resources". [in reply to: Ed Miliband has become the new UK Foreign Secretary. This is reported by Sky News. He previously held the position of Energy Secretary. It is noted that Miliband was initially considered the main contender for the position of Finance Minister, but instead he headed the Foreign Ministry. In addition, the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmud will retain her position.]

Wes Streeting leads UK Ministry of Defence and promises unwavering support for Ukraine New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed former Health Minister Wes Streeting as Defence Secretary. He has promised to provide the British armed forces with the necessary resources and support international allies, "especially Ukraine". Streeting replaces Dan Jarvis, who had been in charge of the department since June 11 after John Healy resigned over a dispute over insufficient funding for the army. In Burnham's new government, Healy was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. Streeting left the government in May after losing confidence in Keir Starmer and was preparing to fight for the leadership of the Labour Party. However, in June he refused to participate and supported Burnham's candidacy. Recall that the day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had his first conversation with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham. Add News.LIVE as a reliable news source on Google

For those querying the credentials of new defence secretary Wes Streeting, who has replaced war hero Dan Jarvis, sources close to him point out: • • * He recently spoke in a House of Commons debate on defence readiness. • • * As health secretary he launched a new programme to help NHS staff identify patients with armed forces backgrounds and provide more targeted, personalised care for veterans. • • * As a backbench MP, he enrolled on the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme and spent time with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has become the UK's Defence Secretary in Andy Burnham's government. Commenting on his appointment, he said he would "provide our armed forces with the resources they need" subscribe

The British Ministry of Defence has been appointed the head of the former Minister of Health. 43-year-old Wes Streeting has been appointed head of the military department in the government of the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham. His card has already been updated on the government website. Streeting headed the Ministry of Health from July 2024 to May 2026. After leaving the government, he himself was a candidate for the post of Prime Minister before supporting Burnham. [in reply to: Andy Burnham has taken office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He received a mandate from Charles III to form a government. What is known about the new Prime Minister: He is 56 years old. He was born in the north-west of England to a Catholic family. He became interested in politics early, joining the Labour Party at the age of 14. He played cricket, rugby, and football at school and university. As a teenager, he worked as a newspaper boy, in a supermarket, and in a pub. He is married to Marie-France van Geel, a Dutch woman he met while studying at Cambridge. They married in 2000. The couple have three children. In May 2017, he won the Greater Manchester mayoral election. This summer, a poll showed that 59% of Labour Party members supported him and only 37% supported Keir Starmer. With Burnham coming to power, relations between London and Moscow are unlikely to change – he supports the general course of helping Ukraine and criticizing Russia. ]

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

Live: Wes Streeting named UK defence secretary

United Kingdom: Ambitious Wes Streeting appointed Defense Minister by the new Prime Minister

We now know what job Wes Streeting has got - he goes to Ministry of Defence. • • Miatta Fahnbulleh enters cabinet as energy secretary. Alex Norris becomes justice secretary. • • Angela Eagle goes to environment - and will oversee plans to bring water industry back under public control.

Some remarkable cabinet appointments • • Wes Streeting defence secretary despite having no experience, replacing former soldier Dan Jarvis • • Ed Miliband foreign sec despite Trump admin’s views • • Shabana Mahmood home will disappoint Burnhamites who hoped she’d be moved • • And Healey…

Live: Wes Streeting named Secretary of State for Defence

NEW: Wes Streeting is the defence secretary

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: Wes Streeting appointed defence secretary

UK PM Burnham Appoints Wes Streeting As Defense Secretary

Live: Wes Streeting named defence secretary

Live: Wes Streeting appointed defence secretary

NEW: The cabinet is taking shape… • • •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

NEW: Wes Streeting appointed Defence Secretary • • And Burnham ally Miatta Fahnbulleh is the new Energy secretary

BREAKING: Big job for Wes Streeting as he becomes Defence Secretary. • • Also; • • •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

Wes Streeting has been appointed as Secretary of State for Defence @defencehq.

Wes Streeting is the new Defence Secretary

BREAKING: • • *****Wes Streeting is the new defence secretary***** • • He succeeds Dan Jarvis, who was in the role for less than six weeks • • Team Burnham was frustrated to discover that £4.7bn of the £15bn defence spending uplift was unfunded • • I'm told that claims that Rachel Reeves rejected the role of defence secretary are wide of the mark - it was another position

UK PM Burnham Appoints Hon Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Defence

Sitrep on this crazy reshuffle • • Currently in No10 now without jobs: • • Wes Streeting • Angela Eagle • Miatta Fambuleh • Alex Norris • Heidi Alexander • Chris Bryant • Ellie Reeves • Matthew Pennycook • Emma Reynolds • Hamish Falconer • Steve Kinnock • • Vacant jobs • Defence Sec • Justice Sec • Transport Sec • Attorney General • NI • Scotland • Wales • Commons • Lords • Party Chair • • More with me outside 10 Downing Street now on @GBNEWS.

Sitrep on this crazy reshuffle • • Currently in No10 now without jobs: • • Wes Streeting • Angela Eagle • Miatta Fambuleh • Alex Norris • Heidi Alexander • Chris Bryant • Ellie Reeves • Matthew Pennycook • Emma Reynolds • Hamish Falconer • • Vacant jobs • Defence Sec • Justice Sec • Transport Sec • Attorney General • NI • Scotland • Wales • Commons • Lords • Party Chair • • More with me outside 10 Downing Street now on @GBNEWS.

Live: Wes Streeting enters No10

Live: Wes Streeting enters Number 10

Andy Burnham's policy blitz next week as he seeks to get his Premiership started with a bang: • • * Cost of living: Energy bill cuts - possibly removing VAT or pushing older wind and solar farms onto fixed-price contracts. Sounds like they're looking at cuts to bus fares across the board - could we see the return of the £2 cap? • • * Public control of water and energy companies. Doesn't sound like full-blown nationalisation. Mutualisation has been discussed with emphasis on ensuring local areas have control • • * North Sea oil and gas: Burnham will make a day one announcement on intention to have more drilling. What form that takes is not yet clear - Rosebank/ Jackdaw, tiebacks, new drilling licences are all on the table. Sounds like a significant shift • • * Social care: Burnham intent on 'grasping the nettle'. Sounds like he wants to build a cross-party consensus. Last time he held talks privately with Andrew Lansley before the Tories turned on him publicly over 'death tax'. He has learned the lesson and will be upfront in his approach • • * Council housebuilding: Burnham's language shifted subtly in his speech on Friday, as @PickardJE picked up, to extend to both council housing and social housing. Either way it sounds like he intends to repurpose and bolster the £39billion budget for social and affordable homes • • * No 10 North: Devolution will be at the heart of his pitch. He's going to spend part of the week at the new No 10 North site in Manchester to symbolise his approach. It sounds like they're co-opting one of the GCHQ buildings • • * The winners: Shabana Mahmood expected to be Chancellor. Lou Haigh gets CDL. Johnny Reynolds gets beefed up business department after DSIT is scrapped. Lucy Powell in line to be DPM although discussions ongoing. Anneliese Midgley expected to become chair of the Labour Party. Wes Streeting could return to health but is also being mooted for MOD • • * Angela Rayner would take 'some persuading' to go to health. An ally pointed to recent interventions on devolution, regional inequality and the cost of living, including proposals on social care that focus on local government and mayors. Not clear if she will get housing though - Miatta Fahnbulleh linked to role • • * Some of Starmer’s most loyal allies are expected to leave government entirely, including Steve Reed, the housing secretary; Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister; Peter Kyle, the business secretary; Lord Hermer, the attorney-general; and Liz Kendall, the science and technology secretary. The future of David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, is also unclear • •