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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Michael Savage

Lammy made deputy PM and Cooper foreign secretary after Rayner’s exit

Composite of Cooper and Lammy
Cooper (left) is to become foreign secretary and David Lammy (right) justice secretary and deputy prime minister. Composite: Getty

David Lammy has been made deputy prime minister and Yvette Cooper has taken over as foreign secretary as Keir Starmer embarked on a massive reshuffle sparked by the forced departure of Angela Rayner from government.

Immediate changes were required due to Rayner’s resignation as deputy PM and housing secretary after the prime minister’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on a seaside flat.

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