WHO WILL BE IN LABOUR LEADER'S SIR KEIR STARMER'S CABINET?
- Rachel Reeves, 45, is expected to become Britain's first female Chancellor
- Yvette Cooper will lead Labour's 'take back our streets' plan as Home Secretary
- Wes Streeting, Bridget Phillipson and Ed Milliband expected to take up roles
Rachel Reeves is expected to become Britain's first female Chancellor on Friday as Sir Keir Starmer unveils his Cabinet.
Ms Reeves, one of the leader's closest allies, will be the first woman to lead the Treasury in its 1,000-year history.
The 45-year-old was widely expected to be re-elected as MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, a seat she has held since 2010.
Before entering Parliament she worked as an economist at the Bank of England and then moved into the private sector.
'I've wanted to be Chancellor ever since I went into politics,' she told the Daily Mail last month.
'I just think: I can do this job well, because of my background as an economist and working in financial services. I'm really qualified for it.'
She is expected to be joined at the Cabinet table by a familiar team, almost identical to Sir Keir's Shadow Cabinet.
Senior Labour figures have said the party's so-called 'mission leads' are safe from a reshuffle.
They are Ms Reeves, Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper, Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting.
Ms Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, leads on Labour's plan to 'take back our streets' by halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system.
Shadow Education Secretary Ms Phillipson will bid to 'break down barriers to opportunity', Mr Streeting will focus on building an NHS 'fit for the future', Mr Miliband will try to 'make Britain a clean energy superpower', and Ms Reeves will focus on economic growth.
Other senior Cabinet jobs will not be changed, with Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy also set to keep his brief despite some Labour insiders believing him to be 'a liability' who has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail – considered odd given the multiple security challenges facing Britain and the world.
Sir Keir has previously confirmed that deputy leader Angela Rayner, who has the housing brief, would also be his Deputy Prime Minister.
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