Ministerial Appointments: July 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments: Rt Hon John Healey MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State of Health and Social Care Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP as Secretary of State for Education Rt Hon Anneliese Midgley MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will be a member of Cabinet Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Alex Norris MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Rt Hon Stephen Kinnock MP as Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Sir Chris Bryant MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP as Attorney General. She will attend Cabinet Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. She will attend Cabinet. Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP as Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence) jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. He will attend Cabinet Rt Hon Hamish Falconer MP as Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations) jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He will attend Cabinet. Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MBE MP as Minister of State (Security Minister) jointly in the Home Office and the Cabinet Office Kirsty McNeill MP as Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Rt Hon James Murray MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP as Minister of State in HM Treasury (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) Rt Hon Anna Turley MP as Minister of State in the Home Office Catherine McKinnell MP as Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice Katie White OBE MP as Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Andrew Western MP as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP as Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care Florence Eshalomi MP as Minister of State in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government Kate Dearden MP as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Chris McDonald MP as Minister of State in the Department for Health and Social Care. He will remain as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Rt Hon Ian Murray MP as Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Emma Hardy MP as Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Emma Foody MP as Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) Andy Slaughter MP as Solicitor General Anas Sarwar as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ** Alison McGovern MP as Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care Sir Stephen Timms MP as Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He will remain as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions. Sally Jameson MP jointly as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government  Dan Tomlinson MP as Parliamentary Secretary jointly in the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) Mark Ferguson MP as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office.  Baroness Twycross as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. She will remain as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport  Lord Pitt-Watson as Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury Uma Kumaran MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and as Assistant Whip Satvir Kaur MP jointly as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities)  Lord Collins of Highbury jointly as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He will remain as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords. Jo White MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She will remain as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Blair McDougall MP jointly as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Lord Leong as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Lord Lemos as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice Alex Davies-Jones MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice Polly Billington MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Baroness Curran as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Paul Waugh MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education Lilian Greenwood MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions James Frith MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care Jim McMahon OBE MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She will remain as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs  Stephen Morgan MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Justin Madders MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport Simon Lightwood MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Minister for Equalities). He remains as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport.  Vicky Foxcroft MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Stephanie Peacock MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Ruth Mackenzie CBE as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ** Sarah Owen MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office and as Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip) Melanie Ward MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office Claire Hughes MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office and Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) Gregor Poynton MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) Shaun Davies MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) Laurence Turner MP as Assistant Whip Rachel Hopkins MP as Assistant Whip Harpreet Uppal MP as Assistant Whip Michael Wheeler MP as Assistant Whip Liam Conlon MP as Assistant Whip Sarah Coombes MP as Assistant Whip Baroness Antrobus MBE as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Baroness Dacres of Lewisham OBE as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Baroness Hyde of Bemerton as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) Lord Wood of Anfield as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Rt Hon Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

** His Majesty has also been pleased to signify His intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life on Anas Sarwar and Ruth Mackenzie CBE