Another Greater Manchester MP has been added to Sir Kier Starmer's No 10 ranks
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA host of Greater Manchester MP's have made it into the new Labour cabinet appointed by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer - and another has been named as a top minister.
Today (July 6), as he carried out his first meeting, Sir Keir was flanked by his deputy and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Angela Rayner.
The deputy PM, and MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, is now the most powerful woman in the country. Culture Secretary and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy, and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, were pictured arriving at Number 10.Yesterday (July 5), Jonathan Reynolds, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, was also appointed Business and Trade Secretary and the president of the Board of Trade.
He, too, held the same role in the shadow cabinet. Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell, the Leader of the House of Commons, told reporters there was 'lots to do'. READ MORE: 'Nearly every PM in the last 20 years has come to my stall - I didn't vote for Starmer but I'll give him a chance' This evening, Number 10 Downing Street has confirmed that Jim McMahon, the MP for Oldham, will join the deputy Prime Minister in her department.
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