Sie Keir Starmer was forced to carry out a major early reshuffle of his Cabinet on Friday following Angela Rayner’s dramatic resignation.
In an extraordinary day in politics, the Prime Minister shifted around key members of his top team after his deputy quit over her tax affairs.
David Lammy succeeded Ms Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister but left his role at the Foreign Office to become Justice Secretary.
Yvette Cooper, who had failed to control the influx of illegal small boat migrants, took up Mr Lammy’s former role as Foreign Secretary.
She was replaced as Home Secretary by Shabana Mahmood, who having previously held the justice brief now must get a grip on the migrant crisis or lose more ground to Reform.
