The Team Set to Run Starmer’s New UK Labour Government
- Keir Starmer is filling top positions following election win
- Rachel Reeves become Britain’s first female finance minister
Rachel Reeves
Photographer: Hollie Adams/BloombergA former Bank of England economist, the first Black Briton to attend Harvard Law School and an ex-union worker are among those given top jobs in Britain’s first Labour government in 14 years.
Keir Starmer, now prime minister after Labour inflicted a crushing defeat on the Conservatives in Thursday’s election, wasted no time in rewarding allies who supported him as he dragged the party from the left toward the political center ground in his bid for power. These are the key appointments so far: