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Healey made chancellor, Miliband named foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary as Burnham picks cabinet – UK politics as it happened
UK NewsPolitics•July 20, 2026 at 11:23 PMNational

Healey made chancellor, Miliband named foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary as Burnham picks cabinet – UK politics as it happened

By Nadeem Badshah, Tom Ambrose and Andrew Sparrow•The Guardian - UK News

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Rayner is back as housing secretary, while Mahmood and McFadden remain in their existing posts

Andy Burnham may see banners urging the government not to allow the proposed Rosebank oil field development in the North Sea as he drives to Buckingham Palace and the No 10 today.

Here is a banner on Whitehall.

Continue reading...