With Labour taking a clear majority in government, retailers need to know who is at the helm of the areas that are relevant to them, and what are the goals for the party?
Rising crime levels have sparked massive concerns about the safety of retailers and their staff. In its manifesto, the party pledged to introduce a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee which included the recruitment of thousands of new officers and follow up on the creation of a new specific offence for assaults on shopworkers that will protect them from threats and violence.
Yvette Cooper has been appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department and will be responsible for pushing this pledge forward. Boss of Timpsons James Timpson was appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice.
The party also plans to ban the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to under 16s and introduce the generational ban on purchasing tobacco products as well as ban vapes from being branded and advertised to appeal to children. This work will be led by Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Other appointments relevant to the retail sector include Angela Rayner as the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade.
The full cabinet:
Rt Hon Keir Starmer as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rt Hon John Healey MP as Secretary of State for Defence
Shabana Mahmood MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Wes Streeting MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Bridget Phillipson MP as Secretary of State for Education
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Jonathan Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Louise Haigh MP as Secretary of State for Transport
Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lisa Nandy MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Ian Murray MP as Secretary of State for Scotland
Jo Stevens MP as Secretary of State for Wales
Lucy Powell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Common
Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip);
Darren Jones MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury;
Richard Hermer KC as Attorney General
Sir Patrick Vallance KCB as a Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
James Timpson OBE as a Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice
Ellie Reeves MP as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio)
Dan Jarvis MBE MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
Jim McMahon OBE MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Matthew Pennycook MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade
Rt Hon Jacqui Smith as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
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