The announcement is brief but important

The man who brought us the Pension Schemes Act and UMES CDC legislation and has been important in last Autumn’s budget. Rather more committed to this role than some had expected,

Important as new Ministers appointed by Andy Burnham

David Pitt-Watson; the mentor of CDC for over a decade and recently a Labour Lord alongside Bryn Davies.

A former Pensions Minister and Chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

The full list of Andy Burnham’s new Ministerial appointments

Anas Sarwar – Minister of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Alison McGovern – Minister of State for Health and Social Care

Sir Stephen Timms – Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Equalities)

Baroness Smith of Malvern – Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Women and Equalities)

Sally Jameson – Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office and MHCLG

Dan Tomlinson – Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office and Treasury

Mark Ferguson – Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Baroness Twycross – Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Lord Pitt-Watson – Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury

Uma Kumaran – Foreign Office Under-Secretary and Assistant Whip

Satvir Kaur – Home Office and MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities)

Lord Collins of Highbury – Home Office and MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities)

Jo White – Home Office Under-Secretary

Baroness Lloyd of Effra – Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Under-Secretary

Blair McDougall – Business and Energy Security Under-Secretary

Lord Leong – Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Under-Secretary

Lord Lemos – Justice Under-Secretary

Alex Davies-Jones – Justice Under-Secretary

Polly Billington – Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary

Baroness Curran – Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary

Paul Waugh – Education Under-Secretary

Lilian Greenwood – Work and Pensions Under-Secretary

James Frith – Health and Social Care Under-Secretary

Jim McMahon – Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary

Baroness Blake of Leeds – Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary

Stephen Morgan – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary

Justin Madders – Transport Under-Secretary

Simon Lightwood – MHCLG Under-Secretary (Equalities) and Transport Under-Secretary

Vicky Foxcroft – Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary

Stephanie Peacock – Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary

Ruth Mackenzie CBE – Culture, Media and Sport Under-Secretary

Sarah Owen – Northern Ireland Office Under-Secretary

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent – Northern Ireland Office Under-Secretary and Lords Deputy Chief Whip

Melanie Ward – Scotland Office Under-Secretary

Claire Hughes – Wales Office Under-Secretary and Government Whip

Gregor Poynton – Government Whip

Shaun Davies – Government Whip

Laurence Turner – Assistant Whip Rachel Hopkins – Assistant Whip

Harpreet Uppal – Assistant Whip

Michael Wheeler – Assistant Whip Liam Conlon – Assistant Whip

Sarah Coombes – Assistant Whip

Baroness Antrobus MBE – Government Whip

Baroness Dacres of Lewisham OBE – Government Whip

Baroness Hyde of Bemerton – Government Whip

REAPPOINTED

Torsten Bell – Treasury and Work & Pensions Parliamentary Secretary

Chris Elmore – Foreign Office Under-Secretary Jake Richards – Justice Under-Secretary

Calvin Bailey MBE – Defence Under-Secretary

Louise Sandher-Jones – Defence Under-Secretary

Martin McCluskey – Energy Security and Net Zero Under-Secretary

Josh MacAlister OBE – Education Under-Secretary

Baroness Merron – Health and Social Care Under-Secretary

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE – Housing, Communities and Local Government Under-Secretary

Keir Mather – Transport Under-Secretary

Baroness Hayman of Ullock – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Under-Secretary

Anna McMorrin – Wales Under-Secretary

Christian Wakeford – Government Whip

Jade Botterill – Government Whip

Lord Wilson of Sedgefield – Government Whip

Lord Katz MBE – Government Whip

Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath – Government Whip

These have all left Government

Chris Ward, Seema Malhotra, Natalie Fleet, Mike Tapp, Catherine Atkinson, Olivia Bailey, Preet Kaur Gill, Sharon Hodgson, Nesil Caliskan, Samantha Dixon MBE, Mary Creagh, Matthew Patrick, Baroness Levitt KC, Baroness Wheeler MBE, Deirdre Costigan, Taiwo Owatemi and Imogen Walker