Keir Starmer shakes up No 10 operation with mini-reshuffle

Darren Jones’s appointment is likely to be seen as an acknowledgment by the PM that he needs to take a bolder approach to delivering on his promises. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy

Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has been moved to a new senior role in Downing Street as Keir Starmer attempts to get a grip on delivery before what is likely to be a tumultuous autumn for the government.

The senior MP, whose new title will be chief secretary to the prime minster, has been put in charge of day-to-day delivery of the prime minister’s priorities after No 10 spent the summer struggling to get on the front foot on issues including the economy and migration, and lags behind Reform UK in the polls.