# UK Government Org Chart An ASCII-art map of the **UK government** under Prime Minister [[Andy Burnham]], who took office on 20 July 2026 as leader of the [[Labour Party]], replacing [[Keir Starmer]]. Burnham is the **seventh PM in ten years** — a run of instability that includes Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, and now Burnham. He was previously Mayor of Greater Manchester before returning to Parliament to contest the Labour leadership. Cabinet roster reflects the **LabourList cabinet announcement of 28 July 2026**. Notable appointments include [[Ed Miliband]] (a former Labour leader) as Foreign Secretary, Wes Streeting moving from Health to Defence, and Yvette Cooper moving from the Home Office to Health. The cabinet also introduces a new cross-cutting **Minister for AI** role (Kanishka Narayan), reflecting the growing centrality of AI governance. Where the [[Executive Branch Org Chart]] maps the U.S. presidential system, this maps the British **parliamentary cabinet system** — the PM is not a head of state but the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons, governing through collective cabinet responsibility. > [!note] How to read this chart > **★** marks a full Cabinet member. Departments are clustered by policy domain (security, economic, domestic, etc.) rather than seniority. **Cross-cutting ministers** sit in Cabinet but span two departments — their dual reporting lines are noted. Bracketed notes flag moves from the predecessor Starmer cabinet. The **Great Offices of State** (PM, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary) are distributed across clusters but retain their constitutional primacy. ``` UK GOVERNMENT — BURNHAM CABINET (as of 28 Jul 2026) │ 7th PM in 10 years · Labour majority │ ★ = full Cabinet member │ ■ PRIME MINISTER — Andy Burnham MP (Makerfield) │ [fmr Mayor of Greater Manchester] │ ├─◆ FIRST SECRETARY / CABINET OFFICE ★ │ Louise Haigh MP │ Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster │ ├─◆ SECURITY CLUSTER │ │ │ ├─ HOME SECRETARY ★ ....... Shabana Mahmood MP │ ├─ DEFENCE ★ .............. Wes Streeting MP │ │ [moved from Health] │ └─ NORTHERN IRELAND ★ ..... Chris Bryant MP │ ├─◆ ECONOMIC & INFRASTRUCTURE CLUSTER │ │ │ ├─ CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ★ │ │ John Healey MP │ │ └─ Chief Sec. to Treasury: │ │ Emma Reynolds MP │ ├─ BUSINESS (BIST) ★ ...... Jonathan Reynolds MP │ ├─ ENERGY (ESNZ) ★ ........ Miatta Fahnbulleh MP │ └─ TRANSPORT ★ ............ Heidi Alexander MP │ ├─◆ DOMESTIC & PUBLIC SERVICES CLUSTER │ │ │ ├─ HEALTH ★ ............... Yvette Cooper MP │ │ [moved from Home Office] │ ├─ EDUCATION ★ ............ Lucy Powell MP │ ├─ HOUSING (MHCLG) ★ ...... Angela Rayner MP │ │ └─ Min. for Housing & Planning: │ │ Matthew Pennycook MP │ └─ WORK & PENSIONS ★ ...... Pat McFadden MP │ ├─◆ FOREIGN AFFAIRS & TERRITORIAL │ │ │ ├─ FOREIGN SECRETARY (FCDO) ★ │ │ Ed Miliband MP │ │ [fmr Labour leader; notable return] │ ├─ SCOTLAND ★ ............. Douglas Alexander MP │ └─ WALES ★ ................ Stephen Kinnock MP │ ├─◆ JUSTICE, CULTURE & ENVIRONMENT │ │ │ ├─ JUSTICE / LORD CHANCELLOR ★ │ │ Alex Norris MP │ ├─ CULTURE (DCMS) ★ ....... Lisa Nandy MP │ └─ ENVIRONMENT (DEFRA) ★ .. Angela Eagle MP │ ├─◆ CROSS-CUTTING MINISTERS │ │ (attend Cabinet; span two departments) │ │ │ ├─ European Relations ...... Hamish Falconer MP │ │ Cabinet Office + FCDO │ ├─ AI ..................... Kanishka Narayan MP │ │ Cabinet Office + BIST [new role] │ ├─ Security ............... Dan Jarvis MP │ │ Cabinet Office + Home Office │ │ [fmr Army officer] │ └─ Women & Equalities ..... Bridget Phillipson MP │ └─◆ PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS │ ├─ Chief Whip ............. Annelise Midgley MP ├─ Leader of the Commons .. Alan Campbell MP ├─ Leader of the Lords .... Baroness Smith │ of Basildon └─ Attorney General ....... Ellie Reeves MP ``` ## Notes Notable moves from the Starmer cabinet: - **Rachel Reeves** was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Starmer; replaced by John Healey. - **David Lammy** was Foreign Secretary under Starmer; replaced by Ed Miliband. - **Peter Kyle** was Business Secretary under Starmer; replaced by Jonathan Reynolds. - **Wes Streeting** moved from Health (under Starmer) to Defence. - **Yvette Cooper** moved from Home Secretary (under Starmer) to Health. Structural notes: - The **Minister for AI** (Kanishka Narayan) is a new cross-cutting Cabinet role spanning the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology (BIST). This reflects Labour's emphasis on AI governance as a whole-of-government priority. - **Dan Jarvis** serves as Security Minister across the Cabinet Office and Home Office — a role suited to his background as a former British Army officer who served in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. - **Louise Haigh** as First Secretary of State is the de facto deputy PM and most senior Cabinet minister, running the Cabinet Office with the historic title of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. - Burnham's path to No. 10 was unusual — he left Parliament in 2017 to become Mayor of Greater Manchester, then returned to contest a safe seat and the leadership after Starmer's resignation. ## See also - [[Executive Branch Org Chart]] — the U.S. companion map (presidential system) - [[Keir Starmer]] — Burnham's predecessor as Labour PM (2024–2026) - [[Labour Party]] — the governing party - [[Monarchy]] — the UK is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy; the PM governs in the name of the Crown