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Amid the many historic appointments in his cabinet, the new prime minister Keir Starmer made one particularly noteworthy announcement: James Timpson to become minister for prisons, parole and probation. Timpson is not a politician but the head of the key-cutting and shoe repair company of the same name. He was…

Keir Starmer has made a flurry of ministerial appointments since becoming UK prime minister last week but one name has stood out: new prisons minister James Timpson.

KEIR Starmer has been slammed for appointing a disgraced former Labour politician who claimed expenses for pornography viewed by her husband to his…

Keir Starmer made some eye-catching new appointments, including a human rights barrister and a rehabilitation campaigner

The cabinet includes senior ministers from the Tony Blair era, and those given peerages to sit in the House of Lords

The new prisons minister heads the successful Timpson group, whose employees include ex-offenders

PM pledges swift action on NHS and prisons, setting out agenda to reform public services and rebuild international relations

Covid adviser Patrick Vallance and businessman James Timpson among appointments from outside Westminster

In his first press conference inside No 10 there was a relaxed atmosphere – and a pledge to end ideological drama