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Composite of handout file photos issued UK Parliament of Prime Minister Andy Burham’s Cabinet appointments: (top row, left to right) Chancellor John Healey; Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood; Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband; Health Secretary Yvette Cooper; Education Secretary Lucy Powell; Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden; Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy; Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds; and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner. (second row, left to right) Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson; Defence Secretary Wes Streeting; Chief Whip Anneliese Midgley; Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant; Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander; Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock; Transport Secrtary Heidi Alexander; Attorney General Ellie Reeves; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Louise Haigh. (third row, left to right) Justice Secretary Alex Norris; Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle; Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh; Chief Secrtary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds; Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon; Leader of the House of Commons Sir Alan Campbell; minister of state across the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Kanishka Narayan; minister across both the Cabinet Office and Foreign Office Hamish Falconer ; and Matthew Pennycook minister in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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