New Cabinet in full

Friday, 5 June 2009 12:00 AM

After a reshuffle marked by defensive manoeuvres rather than marks of prime ministerial authority, the new shape of the Cabinet looks like this:

Full Cabinet members

Prime minister: Gordon Brown

Business, innovation and skills secretary: Peter Mandelson (unchanged - Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform merged with Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills)

Chancellor: Alistair Darling (unchanged).

Chief secretary to the Treasury: Liam Byrne (formerly Yvette Cooper).

Energy and climate change secretary: Ed Miliband (unchanged).

Cabinet Office minister (and Olympics minister): Tessa Jowell (formerly Liam Byrne).

Children, schools and families secretary: Ed Balls (unchanged).

Communities and local government secretary: John Denham (formerly Hazel Blears).

Culture, media and sport secretary: Ben Bradshaw (formerly Andy Burnham).

Defence secretary: Bob Ainsworth (formerly John Hutton).

Environment, food and rural affairs secretary: Hilary Benn (unchanged)

Foreign secretary: David Miliband (unchanged).

Health secretary: Andy Burnham (formerly Alan Johnson).

Home secretary: Alan Johnson (formerly Jacqui Smith).

International development secretary: Douglas Alexander (unchanged).

Justice secretary: Jack Straw (unchanged).

Leader of the House of Lords and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster: Baroness Royall (unchanged)

Northern Ireland secretary: Shaun Woodward (unchanged).

Scotland secretary: Jim Murphy (unchanged).

Transport secretary: Lord Adonis (Geoff Hoon).

Wales secretary: Peter Hain (formerly Paul Murphy).

Work and pensions secretary: Yvette Cooper (formerly James Purnell).

Other Cabinet attendees

Chief whip - Nick Brown (unchanged)

Foreign Office minister - Mark Malloch-Brown (unchanged)

Housing minister - John Healey (formerly Margaret Beckett

Business minister - Pat McFadden (unchanged)

Science and innovation minister - Lord Drayson (unchanged)

Attended when their ministerial responsibilities

Attorney-general - Baroness Scotland of Asthal (unchanged)

Children's minister - Dawn Primarolo (formerly Beverley Hughes)

Employment minister - Jim Knight (formerly Tony McNulty)

Regional economic development and coordination minister - Rosie Winterton (new role)

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