Keir Starmer Swings The Axe In Major Cabinet Reshuffle After Rayner Resignation

Keir Starmer is ringing the changes in the cabinet.Keir Starmer carried out a brutal cabinet reshuffle as he tries to reassert his authority following the resignation of Angela Rayner.The deputy prime minister quit the government after Starmer’s standards watchdog found she had broken the ministerial code by failing to pay enough stamp duty when she bought a flat earlier this year.Rayner also stood down as housing secretary and deputy Labour leader, triggering a potentially bitter battle to succeed her.Starmer took the opportunity to bring forward a long-planned reshuffle and carried out a series of sackings and demotions in a clear admission that his government has been a failure during its first 14 months in office.Commons leader Lucy Powell and Scottish secretary Ian Murray were the biggest losers as they left the government entirely.David Lammy was demoted from from foreign secretary to justice secretary, although he was given the sweetener of replacing Rayner as deputy PM.Yvette Cooper replaces him at the Foreign Office as she was replaced as home secretary by outgoing justice secretary Shabana Mahmood. Her main task will be to stop small boats crossing the Channel and close all asylum hotels.Yvette Cooper becomes the new foreign secretary.Darren Jones, who was handed the new role of chief secretary to the prime minister on Monday as Starmer carried out a No.10 shake-up, replaces Pat McFadden as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.McFadden becomes the new work and pensions secretary, with responsibility for skills added to his portfolio. He has been tasked with delivering Labour’s pledge to grow the economy more quickly.He replaces Liz Kendall, who is the new secretary of state for science, innovation and technology.She is replacing Peter Kyle, who becomes the new business secretary, taking over from Jonathan Reynolds, who is demoted to chief whip.He replaces the long-serving Alan Campbell, who takes over from Powell as leader of the Commons.Steve Reed is moving from the Department of Food and Rural Affairs to replace Rayner as housing secretary.He is replaced by Emma Reynolds, who is promoted from the junior ranks alongside Douglas Alexander, who is the new Scottish secretary.A No.10 source told HuffPost UK the reshuffle was “heavy on growth and boats”.But one Labour insider described the shake-up as “utterly pointless”.They added: “This lot wouldn’t know politics if it slapped them in the face.”Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Starmer was “shuffling deckchairs around on his sinking government”.She said: “The Labour Party is now engaged in a civil war for its deputy leadership, all of which will be an enormous distraction from the problems facing Britain, with the cost of borrowing reaching its highest point in decades, and inflation and unemployment rising.”Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said: “If Labour believes that having a reshuffle will solve the deep-rooted problems of this government, they are learning the wrong lessons from the calamity Conservatives before them.“Until Keir Starmer is ready to grab the bull by the horns and confront the problems our country really faces, it makes little difference who sits where around the cabinet table.”Related...Keir Starmer's Plans For 'Phase Two' Of His Government Left In Tatters By Rayner ScandalAngela Rayner Quits Cabinet After Probe Into Stamp Duty RowStarmer Accused Of Being 'Staggeringly Unprepared For Government' After No.10 Shake-Up

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