Lammy made deputy PM and Yvette Cooper foreign secretary after Angela Rayner exit

<p>Shabana Mahmood to take over at Home Office as Rayner’s departure hastens sweeping reshuffle</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-stamp-duty-labour-starmer-reform-nigel-farage-uk-politics-live-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-stands-down-over-stamp-duty-row">the forced departure</a> of Angela Rayner from government.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/yvette-cooper-david-lammy-reshuffle-no-10-sources">Continue reading...</a>