Andy Burnham has finalised his new UK cabinet after becoming prime minister, with John Healey appointed chancellor and Ed Miliband promoted to foreign secretary. Shabana Mahmood stays on as home secretary, while Angela Rayner returns to government as housing secretary less than a year after resigning over unpaid stamp duty. The reshuffle follows Sir Keir Starmer's resignation to the King, with several senior figures, including Rachel Reeves and David Lammy, leaving government.

Healey, MP for Wentworth since 1997, moves to the Treasury after quitting as defence secretary in June 2026 over disagreements on defence spending; he and Burnham have worked together since serving under Gordon Brown. Rayner, cleared by HMRC over her tax affairs in May, returns after warning Starmer that blocking Burnham's by-election candidacy was a "mistake". Jonathan Reynolds becomes business secretary in an expanded department following the abolition of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, while Louise Haigh, who ran Burnham's campaign, becomes first secretary of state and Cabinet Office minister. Business secretary Peter Kyle and housing secretary Steve Reed had already resigned ahead of the reshuffle.