LIVE: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Appoints His First Cabinet

Newly-elected prime minister Keir Starmer has started to appoint his cabinet after leading his party to a landslide win in the 2024 general election.

Angela Rayner was the first new cabinet announcement, appointed deputy prime minister and secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities on Friday afternoon. Rayner was the first Labour MP to enter Downing Street on Friday Afternoon.

She was followed into Number 10 by Rachel Reeves, who is preparing to become the UK's first female chancellor, and Pat McFadden, who is expected to be the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster.

Starmer will continue to appoint his top team throughout the day.

Earlier the day, he entered Downing Street as Prime Minister for the first time after leading Labour to a landslide victory over the Conservatives on Thursday.

In a speech outside No10, Starmer, who is the UK's 58th Prime Minister and just Labour's seventh in the party's history, pledged to work "immediately" to restore public trust in politics and "rebuild" Britain.

He also paid tribute to the "dedication and hard work" of Rishi Sunak, who resigned as Prime Minister earlier on Friday after the Tory party's crushing election defeat.

Cabinet minister announcements so far:

We will update this story throughout the day.

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