UK PM Starmer appoints Cabinet members: Lammy as foreign minister; Reeves takes charge of Finance

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Rachel Reeves as Britain's first female finance minister and Angela Rayner as his deputy on Friday as he began putting together the team that will help him try to deliver on a promise to rebuild the country. Reeves, 45, a former Bank of England economist, spent her time serving in opposition mending relations with the business community strained under left-wing former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and pitching to voters that the party could be trusted with their money. Starmer appointed David Lammy as Britain's new foreign minister and John Healey as defence minister, while Yvette Cooper became interior minister, known as home secretary, overseeing domestic security and policing.

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[Coyb]

Lammy as foreign secretary 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 are we still on april 1st, this has to be a comedy skit.

[benito]

Lammy as foreign secretary good God! Like putting peter Sutcliffe in charge of the hammer department in B&Q

[sharonwatson]

Yvette Cooper for immigration.. So next time she holds her refugee sign up Ithink she should remember to put her home address on it!!

[stevejones]

Don’t worry, they only have to take instruction from the establishment and read stuff out every now and again.

[gavinbarnes]

Rachel’s been practicing that walk honey

[davidscott]

There are some great comments here. Lammy as foreign Secretary is demonstrative of what we can expect from Starmer.

[sandrastewart]

These should be called the raving loony party

[lindsayrogers]

David Lammy, the male Diane Abbott, foreign secretary? If it wasn’t so tragic it would be hilarious.

[markeast]

DAVID LAMMY . DAVID LAMMY as Foreign Secretary?!!!! I give it 2 weeks before he insults someone and we're at war. The man doesn't even know basic biology !!

[johnregan]

😂there's a circus in the town --"

[stobeszx]

WTF....Lammy as Foreign Minister....FFS....thats like putting Diane Abbott as Chancellor of the exchequer
...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[twistedsister]

Rayner looks like she scrambled around oxfam for her Kermit the frog get up.
What a bunch of misfits, this is going to be amusing.

[dovetonsturdee]

And they say that Starmer has no sense of humour? David Lammy as Foreign Secretary? Did Larry the Cat turn it down, or something?

[outlaw]

Dont worry rayner will start night of the long knives as soon as she in cabinet watch your back starmer she after getting JC at the helm.

[Trudy]

Well, it doesn’t look good does it, the UK IS DOOMED ….

[Paratus]

It’s like the kids in the E-stream class now running the school. We are all screwed.

[johnbushell]

We are all doomed David Lammy as Foreign Secretary.

[techtipsuk]

Some true political and intellectual giants. Rayner and Lammy, surprised not to see Abbott as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

[ColinMill]

If this is supposed to fill us with confidence it's not working.

[iansinclair]

Lammy is an embarrassment waiting to happen.