Healey made chancellor, Miliband named foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary as Burnham picks cabinet – UK politics as it happened

Guardian World•Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 10:23 PM•2 min read

Rayner is back as housing secretary, while Mahmood and McFadden remain in their existing posts 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 may see banners urging the government not to allow t...

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