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Government Whips

The Cabinet

Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service

To be announced
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State

Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer

Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor

Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department

Rt Hon Des Browne MP
Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland

Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Health

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Internal Development

Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women

Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales

Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
Secretary of State for Transport

Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

Edward Miliband MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Shaun Woodward MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council

Andy Burnham MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Rt Hon John Denham MP
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Also attending Cabinet meetings:

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Minister for the Olympics and London

Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
Minister for Children and Youth Justice

Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
Attorney General

Yvette Cooper MP
Minister for Housing

Sir Mark Malloch-Brown
Minister for Africa, Asia and UN

Ian Austin MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

Angela E Smith MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has also made the following appointments:

Jim Murphy MP
Minister for Europe

Rt Hon Nick Brown MP
Minister for the North East of England and Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household)

Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
Minister for the North West

Caroline Flint MP
Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber

Ben Bradshaw MP
Minister for the South West

Gillian Merron MP
Minister for the East Midlands

Liam Byrne MP
Minister for the West Midlands

Barbara Follett MP
Minister for the East of England