Angela Rayner resigns over tax as UK deputy PM in damaging blow to Keir Starmer

Starmer moved foreign minister David Lammy to become deputy prime minister and replaced him with interior minister Yvette Cooper. She was in turn replaced by justice secretary Shabana Mahmood.

SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starmer-reshuffles-top-team-restore-authority-after-rayner-blow-2025-09-05/