Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out?

Shabana Mahmood, John Healey, Louise Haigh and Ed Miliband. Composite: PA/Getty image/Rex features/Reuters View image in fullscreen Shabana Mahmood, John Healey, Louise Haigh and Ed Miliband. Composite: PA/Getty image/Rex features/Reuters Explainer Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out? From the Treasury to the Home Office, we look at who is heading up key departments in new PM’s government UK politics live – latest updates Burnham vows his arrival in power will be ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UK Six highlights from Andy Burnham’s first Downing Street speech Andy Burnham has appointed his first cabinet, with the new prime minister rewarding those who have been loyal to his takeover efforts. He had promised to pick his top team from all wings of the party in an effort to show he is trying to run a more inclusive administration. But at the same time, his decision to have a brutal clearout of Starmer allies resulted in many considered to be on the right of the party or close to the former prime minister losing their jobs. These are the key announcements so far: Who is in? John Healey Chancellor View image in fullscreen John Healey. Photograph: UK Parliament/PA The former defence secretary who quit the government over a lack of funding for the defence investment plan is the surprise appointment to the Treasury. Healey, 66, is a steady and experienced force, having been an MP since 1997, and serving as a Treasury minister under Tony Blair. The job had been first expected to go to Ed Miliband and then it was mooted for Shabana Mahmood. But one advantage of Healey is his longstanding history on Labour frontbenches for every faction of the party. He was a minister in the Blair-Brown years and a loyal member of the shadow cabinets of Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn and Starmer. Healey grew up in Wakefield, studied political science at Cambridge University, and was a journalist, campaigns director at the Trades Union Congress and a disability rights campaigner before entering parliament. Unshowy and not part of the usual Westminster dramas or scandals, it was a shock when he resigned his role under Starmer, in what would be one of the fatal blows for his premiership. In the job, he will be expected to push for a fuller funding settlement for the Ministry of Defence, which was denied to him under the Treasury of Rachel Reeves. His other major shared interest with Burnham is reindustrialisation. His X bio describes him as “Husband and Dad. Proud Yorkshireman. Labour MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough and former secretary of state for defence”. He can now add chancellor to that list. Shabana Mahmood The home secretary Shabana Mahmood. Photograph: ITV/Shutterstock Mahmood will keep her role in Burnham’s cabinet after being appointed home secretary by Keir Starmer last year, and charged with driving through controversial immigration policies . She is considered to be on the Blue Labour right of the party, which is socially conservative and tough on c