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Eleri Cubbage retweeted
Any public affairs types want to chat about this role, do get in touch.
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Fab news @KanishkaNarayan and very well deserved
The Prime Minister, @andyburnham, today asked me to attend Cabinet as Minister for AI, a sign of his deep commitment to AI's importance.
AI is likely the most significant technology in human history. Its impact will dwarf other things.
The best case for it is compelling beyond our dreams: a reindustrialised Britain, stronger national security, public services transformed for the better.
The risks, too, are real: it is right that the British public shares those worries, for jobs, for the pace of change.
The central fact is that it is happening. Nations have a narrow window to decide whether they shape AI or get shaped by it. Britain is in that window right now.
While that window is still open, I will act with pace, I will act with ambition, and I will focus relentlessly on securing British influence in shaping AI.
I will also bring to this job the place I represent - a constituency in Wales, a nation with industry and ambition at its heart, a proud history of punching above its weight on the global stage. A nation which welcomed a 12-year old and his family, gave us the best chance at opportunity, put me in Parliament as Wales' first ethnic minority MP, and now affords me the chance to make a mark in Cabinet. Diolch o galon to everyone in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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So, where we are now, compiled by our great newsdesk
Andy Burnham has finished for today appointing his cabinet. He made 27 appointments:
1. John Healey - Chancellor
2. Ed Miliband - Foreign Sec
3. Shabana Mahmood - Home Sec
4. Wes Streeting - Defence Sec
5. Alex Norris - Justice Sec
6. Yvette Cooper - Health Sec
7. Pat McFadden - Work & Pensions Sec
8. Louise Haigh - CDL + First Secretary of State
9. Lucy Powell - Education Sec
10. Miatta Fahnbulleh - Energy Sec
11. Angela Rayner - Housing Sec
12. Jonathan Reynolds - Business Sec
13. Heidi Alexander - Transport Sec
14. Angela Eagle - Environment Sec
15. Lisa Nandy - Culture Sec
16. Chris Bryant - Northern Ireland Sec
17. Douglas Alexander - Scotland Sec
18. Stephen Kinnock - Wales Sec
19. Anneliese Midgley - Chief Whip
20. Baroness Smith - Lords Leader
21. Alan Campbell - Commons Leader
22. Bridget Phillipson - Equalities Minister
23. Emma Reynolds - Chief Sec to the Treasury
24. Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
25. Kanishka Narayan - AI Minister
26. Hamish Falconer - Intergovernmental Relations Minister
27. Matt Pennycook - Housing Minister
15 new additions to the cabinet.
12 members of Starmer's cabinet were kept on, with 7 staying in the same post, and 5 getting new jobs.
3 new positions that will attend cabinet (AI minister, Intergovernmental Relations Minister and Housing Minister)
11 members of Starmer's cabinet are confirmed to have left their government (All were officially confirmed by No10 except for Jenny Chapman, who tweeted herself)
Phone calls:
1. Donald Trump
2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
3. Ursula von der Leyen
4. Emmanuel Macron
5. Mark Rutte
6. Friedrich Merz
7. Antonio Costa
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Remembering the Angels of Dunblane and their teacher on the 30th anniversary of that tragic day.
Thoughts, love and prayers to their families, friends and everybody affected.
#Dunblane #DunblaneMassacre #30Years @allontheboard
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Today is International Women’s Day. Thank you to all of the women in our lives making the world a better place.
#InternationalWomensDay2026
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New Cardiff University/YouGov research reveals major gaps in public understanding of devolved powers, Welsh political leaders and the new Senedd voting system - just months before the May 2026 election.
What we found 👇
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Remembering Sarah Everard today and sending love to her family and friends.
#SarahEverard
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Thread: On Tues the Welsh @SeneddWales will vote on a Legislative Consent Motion with regard to Westminster's Assisted Dying Bill. Here's some of the detail, with complexities involving health, justice and devolution politics interlink.
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This Assisted Dying Bill is a mess. Unclear, vague, incomplete. Westminster needs to come back with a full offering, not just shrapnel. Welsh Senedd ministers, we hope you #RejectTheLCM
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Please look at this. When we’re told there is nothing to worry about these are the people we should be listening to
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Surely the @ElectoralCommUK aren’t this stupid? 🙄 A bloody scandal if he’s allowed to stand?!?!?
The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1eu8
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Outstanding stuff from Andy.
Reform's new Wales leader hasn't looked at the evidence on 20mph despite calling for it to be scrapped.
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Terminally ill adults ( end of Life) bill. My thoughts. Any bill should be about ensuring great palliative care for everyone at their most vulnerable time , not deliberately and unnecessarily ending someone’s life prematurely. 1.
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Rachel Reeves should be very careful arguing only graduates should pay for their degrees
Would be a lot of cold pensioners without our generation’s taxes. I don’t make much use of the nuclear deterrent either
Education is a public good, not a commodity
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Huge happy 80th birthday to the legendary @DollyParton 🎉- we are marking it with a parody of her 2nd number one hit, written by the @BeeGees.
Our 🎶 version's called "Donald's Sewage Stream" - since he brought his sick drivel to #Europe #Davos #NATO & our #armedforces this week
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"There is a real, deep sickness for my generation..."
Oli Dugmore, the New Statesman's Digital Editor, on the burden of student loan debt.
#Newsnight
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I’m sharing this beautiful and powerful song from @springsteen, that he wrote in dedication to the people of Minneapolis and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Take a listen.
The art of resistance, the voice of artists, well known and every day people all over the world singing, writing, speaking up and out is so inspiring. We the people are alive, empowered, and making a difference with our voices.
My friends: use your voice in whatever way makes sense to you! Poetry, singing, writing, speaking, loving, cooking, painting. Show up in the way that you can. We are all creative beings with a voice. We the united people, of these United States, are rising above. We are showing that we care about our neighbors, our fellow human beings. Have no doubt the people are rising. It’s a beautful thing.
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We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️