Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to join Burnham government as minister

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is to be made a peer and appointed as a minister in Andy Burnham’s Government, sources have told the Press Association.He will be elevated to the Lords and is expected to take up a ministerial post at the revamped Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, headed by Jonathan Reynolds.It comes as Mr Burnham is set to make a raft of ministerial appointments and after he unveiled his Cabinet on Monday, which marked a clearout of loyalists to his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer.Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting (Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph)PA WireMr Sarwar, who has been Scottish Labour leader since 2021, was among the first to call for Sir Keir to stand down in February.He hailed successor Mr Burnham for his “bold Labo