The key announcements for housing as Starmer names first cabinet
The key announcements for housing as Starmer names first cabinet
As Keir Starmer settles into his first month as prime minister, he has announced his first cabinet. We’ve summarised the key announcements for housing in the North including some of the key ministerial appointments made.
As expected, the prime minister has made MP for Leeds West & Pudsey, Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is also no surprise that Deputy PM and MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, Angela Rayner, has been appointed Secretary of State at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). MHCLG has been renamed, having previously been the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
A key appointment for the housing sector is the Minister for Housing. London MP Matthew Pennycook has been appointed by Rayner to this role, having been Shadow Minister for Housing since 2021. Another key appointment is Jim McMahon, who joins Matthew Pennycook as a Minister of State in Rayner’s team. McMahon, the MP for Oldham West, will likely take on the English Devolution and Local Government brief which he held the Shadow portfolio for. This is yet to be confirmed.
Angela Rayner has also appointed Alex Norris MP, Rushanara Ali MP, Baroness Taylor and Lord Khan as junior ministers at MHCLG.
Doncaster North MP Ed Miliband has been appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. We were pleased to meet with Miliband last year on a visit in Doncaster to see green home upgrades carried out on homes managed by St Leger Homes.
MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Yvette Cooper, has been confirmed as Home Secretary, with London MP Wes Streeting appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
There were further northern MPs appointed to Cabinet, with Stalybridge and Hyde MP Jonathan Reynolds appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade. Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh has been appointed Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has been given the Secretary of State brief for Culture, Media and Sport.
MP for Blaydon and Consett, Liz Twist, has also been announced as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Keir Starmer. We were delighted to have Liz attend and speak at our 50th anniversary celebration in Parliament in July.
See the full cabinet here.
We’ve also published a General Election 2024 briefing with details of each MP elected to every constituency across the North.
