Overview

• Independent adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found Angela Rayner breached the ministerial code over stamp duty on an £800,000 Hove flat, saying she acted in good faith but should have sought specialist tax advice, with reports putting the shortfall near £40,000.
• Keir Starmer appointed David Lammy deputy prime minister and justice secretary, moved Yvette Cooper to foreign secretary, and made Shabana Mahmood home secretary.
• Rachel Reeves stays as chancellor, resulting in the Foreign Office, Home Office and Treasury all being led by women for the first time.
• Further changes saw Pat McFadden take a new work-and-skills super-ministry, Steve Reed move to Housing, Peter Kyle to Business, Jonathan Reynolds to chief whip, Douglas Alexander to Scotland, Darren Jones to the Cabinet Office, Liz Kendall to Science, and Emma Reynolds to Environment, with Lucy Powell and Ian Murray sacked.
• Labour must hold an internal election to replace its deputy party leader, as Reform UK’s Nigel Farage calls the government “in deep crisis” and senior minister Darren Jones rules out an early general election.