UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has brought in a new deputy and foreign and interior ministers in a sweeping reshuffle intended to restore his authority after the resignation of his deputy Angela Rayner.

Starmer moved foreign minister David Lammy to become deputy prime minister and replaced him with interior minister Yvette Cooper.

She was in turn replaced by justice secretary Shabana Mahmood.

All are loyal, trusted hands.

After reshaping his Downing Street team last week to bolster his economic advice, a ministerial reshuffle had been expected.

Rayner's departure meant it was much deeper than widely predicted, forcing Starmer to draw a line under more than a week of distracting speculation over her tax affairs.

Starmer could do little to protect Rayner after the United Kingdom's inde

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