General election 2024: who’s in the Labour cabinet?

A new Labour cabinet has been appointed by Keir Starmer after his party won the general election. Here’s the latest on who’s in it

Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow Labour cabinet at the launch of the party's manifesto in Manchester (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow Labour cabinet at the launch of the party's manifesto in Manchester (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
(Image credit: Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Labour stormed to a landslide victory at the 2024 general election last week. 

On the steps of 10 Downing Street, Keir Starmer, the new Prime Minister, told the nation that his premiership would be “country first, party second”, and promised to lead a “government of service”. Markets have so far responded positively to the new administration.

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Henry Sandercock has spent more than eight years as a journalist covering a wide variety of beats. Having studied for an MA in journalism at the University of Kent, he started his career in the garden of England as a reporter for local TV channel KMTV.

Henry then worked at the BBC for three years as a radio producer - mostly on BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine, but also on major BBC Radio 4 programmes like The World at One, PM and Broadcasting House. Switching to print media, he covered fresh foods for respected magazine The Grocer for two years.

After moving to NationalWorld.com - a national news site run by the publisher of The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post - Henry began reporting on the cost of living crisis, becoming the title’s money editor in early 2023. He covered everything from the energy crisis to scams, and inflation. He also has bylines in MoneyWeek.

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