Lammy and Reeves among first senior ministers to exit after Burnham takes power

David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Steve Reed are among the first high-profile Cabinet ministers to be shown the door by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.Mr Lammy, until now the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, and previously foreign secretary, announced he was leaving Government on social media, while Mr Reed, seen as an arch-loyalist to Sir Keir Starmer, said he was “disappointed to be leaving Government now” in a letter to Mr Burnham.Tottenham MP Mr Lammy said he “would have been proud to continue serving in Cabinet. But a new Prime Minister is entitled to build his own team”.He added he would “support this Labour Government from the backbenches and do everything I can to help defeat Reform again at the next general election”.In a post on X, Ms Reeves wrote: “It has been the priv