Ministerial appointments: September 2025

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He will also be Deputy Prime Minister
• Rt Hon Darren Jones MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He will remain Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
• Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
• Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Emma Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as Secretary of State for Scotland
• Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). He is a member of Cabinet
• Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons. He will attend Cabinet

Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP, Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP and Rt Hon Ian Murray MP have left the Government.

• Jason Stockwood as Minister of State (Minister for Investment) jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury
• Dan Jarvis MP as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office. He will remain Minister of State for the Home Department
• Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern as Minister of State (Minister for Skills) in the Department for Work and Pensions. She will remain Minister of State (Minister for Skills and Minister for Women and Equalities) in the Department for Education
• Lord Vallance KCB as Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. He will remain Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Michael Shanks MP as Minister of State jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Alison McGovern MP as Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Sarah Jones MP as Minister of State for the Home Department

His Majesty has also been pleased to signify His intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on Jason Stockwood.

Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Jim McMahon MP, and Daniel Zeichner MP have left the Government.