New PM Andy Burnham has announced his new cabinet after becoming Prime Minister yesterday.

John Healey has been appointed Chancellor just months after quitting as Defence Secretary over spending plans. Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves is no longer in the cabinet.

In his resignation letter to the prime minister, Healey said that the PM was unable and the Treasury unwilling to "commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats".

Healey was appointed Secretary of State for Defence on 5 July 2024, after being elected MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough in July 2024.

Wes Streeting has been appointed Defence Secretary, replacing Dan Jarvis, who was only in the role for a few weeks. Streeting quit as Health Secretary in Starmer's government saying he had lost confidence in the PM. He was expected to launch his own bid for leader of the party, but then backed Burnham.

Streeting served as Health Secretary from the election win in 2024 until May this year.

Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary, a role she has held since September 2025.

Former Home and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is now Health Secretary.