Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON , 7th July. British new Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday has appointed his cabinet and named Angela Rayner the Deputy Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves the country’s first female Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Starmer’s cabinet included a record 11 women in the team of 25, according to news media reported.
Yvette Cooper was appointed Home Secretary, David Lammy was named Foreign Secretary and John Healey was appointed Defence Secretary.
Shabana Mahmood as Justice Secretary, Wes Streeting as Health Secretary, Bridget Phillipson as Education Secretary, and Ed Miliband as Energy Secretary, the press release stated.
Starmer pledged to get the country’s “struggling” healthcare system back on track, secure British borders, and attend to the need for schools and affordable homes in his first speech as Prime Minister at Downing Street on Friday.
“Our country has voted decisively for change and a return of politics to public service,” he said.
Starmer added “changing a country is not like flicking a switch”, he noted that the world has become “more volatile”.
He said the work for change will begin immediately but will time.
Starmer highlighted his focus on things that “working-class families like mine can build their lives around”.
“If I asked you now whether you believed that Britain will be better for your children, I know too many of you will say no and so my government will fight until you believe again,” he said.
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