Cabinet reshuffle: Who's in, who's out and what small businesses should watch

The Prime Minister has completed a wide-ranging reshuffle following Angela Rayner MP's resignation. Senior posts have shifted and dozens of new junior ministers have been appointed.

Ministerial portfolios are still being finalised.

We'll keep this page current as portfolios are confirmed, especially the small business minister role in DBT, as well as responsibilities for exports and digital adoption.

The headline changes in cabinet

• Rt Hon David Lammy MP – Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary

• Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP – Foreign Secretary

• Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP – Home Secretary

• Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP – Work and Pensions Secretary

• Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP – Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary

• Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP – Business and Trade Secretary, President of the Board of Trade

• Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP – Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary

• Emma Reynolds MP – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary

• Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP – Scotland Secretary

• Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP – Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, attends Cabinet)

• Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (attends Cabinet)

• Rt Hon Darren Jones MP – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (he will remain Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister)

Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP and Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP have left government.

Departments to watch

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

• Secretary of State: Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP

• Ministers of State: Sir Chris Bryant MP; Michael Shanks MP (joint with DESNZ); Jason Stockwood (investment, joint with HM Treasury, life peerage to follow)

• Parliamentary Under-Secretaries: Blair McDougall MP; Kate Dearden MP

Gareth Thomas MP, the outgoing small business minister, has left government. His successor has not yet been confirmed, so the small business brief within DBT is currently vacant. We'll update as soon as this crucial appointment is made.

HM Treasury (HMT)

• Chancellor: Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP (unchanged)

• Economic Secretary (City Minister): Lucy Rigby MP

• Investment Minister: Jason Stockwood (joint with DBT)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

• Secretary of State: Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP

• Minister of State: Lord Vallance KCB (also holds DESNZ energy role)

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary: Kanishka Narayan MP

• Joint Minister (with DCMS): Rt Hon Ian Murray MP

What this means in practice

Business and trade

Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP has set growth as the number one mission. DBT is focused on making the UK the best place in the G7 to start and scale a business, with rapid delivery now the priority.

His background in science and technology points to a strong push on digital adoption, AI, data and digital skills at every level. For small firms, this means more support for:

• upskilling workforces

• adopting new tools

• expanding talent pipelines, from young entrepreneurs to existing employees

Joined-up government

DBT, DSIT, DWP and HM Treasury are now closely aligned. This is good news for Enterprise Nation members, as we're working on small business priorities across all these departments. That includes digital adoption, access to finance, exporting, late payment and skills.

Treasury

Continuity under Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP is intended to reassure markets ahead of the Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025.

Science and technology

A change at the top often signals a reset. Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP's approach to innovation, digital adoption, and AI policy will be central to small firms in the tech and services sectors.

Full list of new appointments and departures

• Rt Hon David Lammy MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (he will also be Deputy Prime Minister)

• Rt Hon Darren Jones MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (he will remain Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister)

• Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

• Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department

• Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade

• Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

• Emma Reynolds MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP as Secretary of State for Scotland

• Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) (he is a member of Cabinet)

• Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons (he will attend Cabinet)

Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP and Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP have left the Government.

• Jason Stockwood as Minister of State (Minister for Investment) jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury

• Dan Jarvis MP as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (he will remain Minister of State for the Home Department)

• Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern as Minister of State (Minister for Skills) in the Department for Work and Pensions (she will remain Minister of State (Minister for Skills and Minister for Women and Equalities) in the Department for Education)

• Lord Vallance KCB as Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (he will remain Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

• Michael Shanks MP as Minister of State jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

• Alison McGovern MP as Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP as Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions

• Sarah Jones MP as Minister of State for the Home Department

• His Majesty has also been pleased to signify His intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on Jason Stockwood

Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Jim McMahon MP and Daniel Zeichner MP have left the Government.

• Anna Turley MP as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) (she will attend Cabinet)

• Alex Norris MP as Minister of State in the Home Department

• Sir Chris Bryant MP as Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade

• Luke Pollard MP as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

• Georgia Gould MP as Minister of State in the Department for Education

• Rt Hon Ellie Reeves MP as Solicitor General

• Lucy Rigby MP as Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) in HM Treasury

Maria Eagle MP and Catherine McKinnell MP have left the Government.

• Rt Hon Ian Murray MP as Minister of State jointly in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

• Chris Ward MP as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office

• Seema Malhotra MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (she will remain as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Education)

• Mike Tapp MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Department

• Louise Sandher-Jones MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence

• Baroness Levitt KC as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice

• Miatta Fahnbulleh MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Samantha Dixon MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Dr Zubir Ahmed MP as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care

Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Catherine West MP,  Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Lord Khan of Burnley have left the Government.

• Chris Elmore MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

• Satvir Kaur MP as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office*

• Josh Simons MP as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office*

• Josh MacAlister OBE MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education

• Olivia Bailey MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Equalities in the Department for Education

• Blair McDougall MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade

• Kate Dearden MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade

• Kanishka Narayan MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

• Anna McMorrin MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office

• Matthew Patrick MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office

• Katie White OBE MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Janet Daby MP, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Justin Madders MP, Gareth Thomas MP, Feryal Clark MP, Fleur Anderson MP and Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP have left the Government.

*Satvir Kaur MP is currently on maternity leave. Josh Simons MP will serve as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office as maternity cover.

• Martin McCluskey MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

• Keir Mather MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport

• Jake Richards MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Lilian Greenwood MP as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)

• Nesil Caliskan MP as Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)

• Sir Nic Dakin MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Christian Wakeford MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Stephen Morgan MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Claire Hughes MP as Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)

• Mark Ferguson MP as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Gregor Poynton MP as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Imogen Walker MP as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Jade Botterill MP as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Deirdre Costigan MP as Assistant Whip, House of Commons

• Lord Collins of Highbury as Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) (he will remain as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)

Mike Kane MP, Kerry McCarthy MP, Jeff Smith MP and Gerald Jones MP have left the Government.

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