Keir Starmer, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced his cabinet appointments, marking Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves as the country's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer. The cabinet made up a record 11 women among 25 members.
Yvette Cooper becomes Home Secretary, David Lammy becomes Foreign Secretary, and at Defence, John Healey will be appointed.
Other key appointments include Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
In his first address from Downing Street on Friday, he vowed to revive the country's ailing healthcare, secure the British borders, and deliver urgently on education and affordable housing.
"Our country has voted decisively for change and a return of politics to public service," he said.
But "changing a country is not like flicking a switch", said Starmer, with the world becoming "more volatile".
He conceded that the road to this promised land will be long and arduous, warning that it takes time to change a country, never mind one located in an increasingly unpredictable world.
Starmer promised immediate action to achieve them, committed to improving the conditions upon which working-class families - like his own - rely.
"If I asked you now whether you believed that Britain will be better for your children, I know too many of you will say no -- and so my government will fight until you believe again," he said.
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