The Prime Minister swept away key figures from Sir Keir Starmer’s government

Andy Burnham has set out a new direction for Britain with help of South Yorkshire MPs.

The Prime Minister said he would deliver the biggest change in a generation with a new political and economic model.

Louise Haigh is back in the Cabinet as Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister. | pa

placeholder image — Louise Haigh is back in the Cabinet as Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister. | pa

Andy Burnham picked three local MPs to join a new Cabinet, as he became Prime Minister and swept away key figures from Sir Keir Starmer’s government.

Sheffield MP Louise Haigh is chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and first secretary of state

Ms Haigh became a key figure in Mr Burnham’s plans to return to Westminster and enter Downing Street, and was dubbed part of a group of “northern power women” who had masterminded the campaign by the new Prime Minister when he won the Makerfield by-election.

Senior members of Andy Burnham’s Cabinet, from left Chancellor John Healey, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (PA) | pa

She has criticised what she described as a boys’ club culture at the heart of Sir Keir’s No 10 operation, after she was forced to resign as transport secretary over a historic criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.

Rotherham MP John Healey is chancellor.

A stalwart of Labour’s frontbench, Mr Healey served in the Blair-Brown governments, as well as the shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. He then became Sir Keir’s shadow defence secretary, and defence secretary after the 2024 general election.

Mr Healey now finds himself leading the Treasury, a department which provoked his exit from Government in June. His shock resignation as defence secretary came after a row about increasing defence spending. That proved a consequential moment in Sir Keir’s downfall as premier.

Doncaster MP Ed Miliband is foreign secretary.

Dubbed “Red Ed” by the tabloids during his time as Labour leader, Mr Miliband returned to frontline politics following the Corbyn era and had served as energy secretary in Sir Keir’s government since Labour’s election win in 2024, spearheading the net zero agenda.

David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Peter Kyle were among the high-profile Cabinet ministers to be shown the door by the new Prime Minister.

Rachel Reeves was axed as chancellor, Sir Keir’s deputy prime minister David Lammy was sacked and Peter Kyle lost his job as business secretary as Mr Burnham cleared the way for his own allies to take key roles.