Keir Starmer Makes Labour MP A Minister Just 24 Hours After Sacking Him

Ian Murray performed a ministerial hokey-cokey.Keir Starmer has made a Labour MP a minister just 24 hours after sacking him from the cabinet.Downing Street announced on Friday that Ian Murray had “left the government” after he was replaced as Scottish secretary by Douglas Alexander.But in a remarkable turnaround, it was announced on Saturday that Murray, the MP for Edinburgh South, was being given two new ministerial jobs.He will be a junior minister in both the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.It is understood Starmer U-turned after his original decision to sack Murray sparked a furious backlash from Labour MPs.Murray, the MP for Edinburgh South, was one of only two cabinet members to be ousted entirely from the prime minister’s top team during Friday’s reshuffle. The other was Commons leader Lucy Powell.The announcement was greeted with shock by Labour figures, who believed Murray had been treated unfairly.Relations between Murray and Morgan McSweeney, the PM’s chief of staff, have been strained since a Scottish Parliament by-election in Hamilton in June.The pair fell out over Labour’s choice of candidate, who went on to defeat the SNP in a major upset.Murray has been a Labour MP since 2010, and was the party’s only MP in Scotland between 2015 and 2017, and between 2019 and 2024.Related...How Keir Starmer's 'Growth And Boats' Reshuffle Could Create Even More Problems For The PMKeir Starmer Swings The Axe In Major Cabinet Reshuffle After Rayner ResignationKeir Starmer's Plans For 'Phase Two' Of His Government Left In Tatters By Rayner Scandal

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