One man survived Keir Starmer's cabinet bloodbath - now watch him tear the country apart PM Keir Starmer's brutal reshuffle took down almost every major cabinet minister.

Amid Starmer's sweeping changes, Miliband remains a controversial figure.

In a whirlwind of political drama, Prime Minister Keir Starmer executed a monumental cabinet reshuffle, axing significant figures but leaving one surprising survivor—Ed Miliband. As Energy Secretary, Miliband's continued position has fuelled debate on the future direction of the Labour Party, creating ripples across the UK’s political landscape.

 

Starmer’s shake-up saw the removal of high-profile ministers, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves. While she remains in her position, her role has effectively been diminished. Starmer has appointed a team of Treasury advisers to shadow her every move, reporting back directly to him. This manoeuvre has effectively clipped Reeves' wings, leaving her to deliver November's Budget without a say in its content. Should it fail, Reeves is expected to bear the blame.

 

The reshuffle gained momentum following Angela Rayner's high-profile resignation amid a tax scandal. Starmer seized the opportunity to remove underperforming ministers such as David Lammy, who lost his Foreign Office role, and Yvette Cooper, who was ousted as Home Secretary. Liz Kendall was also let go from Work and Pensions. The upheaval is an attempt by Starmer to reinvigorate his administration amid rising unemployment and public dissatisfaction.

 

Despite these changes, the government’s failure to tackle joblessness remains a pressing issue. Public dissatisfaction is growing, with critics pointing to these measures as a sign of desperation rather than strategic planning. As these tensions rise, Starmer's Labour faces a critical test of its ability to maintain cohesion and effectiveness.

 

However, despite the widespread changes, Ed Miliband remains firmly in place as Energy Secretary. His tenure has drawn significant criticism, largely due to his unfulfilled green energy promises. Initially pledging to ease energy bills by £300 annually, the outcome has been the opposite, saddling families with an increase of £900. Critics highlight that green levies now comprise a quarter of household charges, adding to the financial burdens on average citizens.

 

Moreover, Miliband's energy policies have resulted in significant financial wastage. For example, approximately £670 million has been spent compensating wind farms for not generating electricity on breezy days. Additionally, taxpayers are potentially facing tens of billions in costs if the Sizewell C nuclear project overruns, which critics believe is likely. These decisions raise questions about the sustainability and long-term fiscal responsibility of Miliband’s energy strategy.

 

Miliband’s continued role appears to be a strategic concession to maintain the Labour left's support and diminish the growing influence of the Green Party under its charismatic leader, Zack Polanski. However, this move risks alienating other voter segments who blame Miliband’s energy policies for escalating financial pressures. For many, these policies are seen as out of touch with the immediate needs of the British public.

 

As political tensions heighten, Miliband's approach to achieving net zero carbon emissions remains a central point of contention. While praised by environmentalists, his policies have sparked backlash among those who see them as contributing to Britain’s burdening energy costs. The country currently faces some of the highest energy bills in the Western world, a situation exacerbated by Miliband’s contentious policies.

 

Miliband’s survival serves as a reminder of his past role in toppling Labour leadership. Many remember his tenure as a period that weakened Labour’s electability. Now, as Starmer prepares for the next election, Miliband’s influence could again play a decisive role in Labour’s fortunes. Whether his policies will bolster or hinder Labour's appeal to voters remains a pivotal question.

 

Public tolerance is wearing thin as Miliband’s actions are seen as contributing to worsening economic conditions. Each energy bill reminder forces people to grapple with the tangible impact of his policies. As the debate over net zero intensifies, Miliband faces increased scrutiny and should expect growing voter frustration.

 

In a rapidly shifting political environment, Miliband’s decisions could shape the narrative of Labour's potential electoral success—or failure. With economic concerns climbing, his leadership in energy policy is more critical than ever, yet it may well define the Labour Party's fortunes, ultimately sealing its fate in upcoming elections.

 

The reshuffle, therefore, represents not just a change in personnel but a critical juncture for Labour. With Miliband at the centre, Labour faces a delicate balancing act between progressive ambition and pragmatic governance. As the country watches closely, the stakes have never been higher.

 

Starmer's reshuffle aims to project an image of decisive leadership, yet it also underscores vulnerabilities within his administration. As the next election approaches, the ability of Labour to unify and present a coherent vision will be tested. Miliband, as a polarising figure, stands at the heart of this challenge, influencing not just energy policy but the broader perception of Labour's capability to lead.

 

The decisions made in this fraught political climate will reverberate far beyond immediate electoral concerns, impacting the UK's trajectory on critical issues such as energy independence, economic recovery, and environmental sustainability. As such, the reshuffle is not merely an administrative adjustment but a defining moment that will shape the future of British politics.

 

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Express 2025-09-06

 

 

 

Rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. 

 

A talentless mob.

By the time they vote this bloke out he will have destroyed England

So this is world news about one persons opinion?

8 minutes ago, wombat said:

By the time they vote this bloke out he will have destroyed England

 

Not just 'England'.

The "I'm not Jeremy Corbyn" candidate.

4 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

So this is world news about one persons opinion?

 

Take it up with the moderators if you disagree with them.

20 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Starmer’s shake-up saw the removal of high-profile ministers, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Incorrect. Dear Rachel is still there. 

I find it stupid to gives his Ministers new positions, possibly which they know f all about. Why could he not just have appointed a new Housing Minister and left the others in the jobs they have been doing since Election. And Lammy can still be DPM.

4 hours ago, wombat said:

By the time they vote this bloke out he will have destroyed England

If you are talking about a leadership challenge, be careful what you wish for. Starmer just could be the best of the bunch.

3 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

If you are talking about a leadership challenge, be careful what you wish for. Starmer just could be the best of the bunch.

 

 

I fear that you are not joking.

2 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I fear that you are not joking.

Your fear is justified.

 

Can you think of anyone in the current ruling party in Parliament that could do a better job?

 

Until very recently, Angela Rayner was the favourite to take over if needed.😬😬

its about time some heads rolled

 

10 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

Your fear is justified.

 

Can you think of anyone in the current ruling party in Parliament that could do a better job?

 

Until very recently, Angela Rayner was the favourite to take over if needed.😬😬

 

 

There isn't anyone IMO  -  nor has there been for a number of years.

 

The last statesman was probably David Cameron.

5 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

So this is world news about one persons opinion?

It is if your English.

Just like here and the USA when you absolutely can't think of anything worse than you already have never mind how rancid that was up pops another swamp'

We now have a Jew hating migrant loving Muslim Home Secretary in charge of immigration and stopping the boats on her first day in office a thousand arrivals 🤔

 

Well we are all entitled to our opinions but anti-incumbent kneejerks need to be resisted - it's too easy and if you have the nous to do any better, then get on with it ! I notice that the most virulent critics often take a pride in NOT voting or never having voted. See how that turns out !

 

It's undeniable that this Labour Govt have made grievous errors - the ERNI increase, the Chagos deal, extra employee rights etc.

 

Let's remember, Labour took over a deep founded poisoned chalice, (putting it mildly). Last time I did a 'per head' calculation  of the 'National Debt', it showed  Govt. overspending of nearly £50K per head, (all to make the disfunctional. entitled and in some ways gutless nation we have now).

 

To pretend this is the fault of Starmer and Co. is easy meat for the moaners but Brits need to get behind someone and pull together. Reform are a joke, and vote for them if you dare. Farage is a puff of wind, (though likeable), and just won't cope at all IMO.

 

Reeve's (?) coming Budget will not be radical enough or face up to the depth of the UK problems, yet there will be howls of horror from everywhere. 

 

Good Luck UK !

21 hours ago, CharlieH said:

One man survived Keir Starmer's cabinet bloodbath

Ed Milliband? He was probably hiding under the table plus all the other candidates were too clever to agree to be considered for his role.

 

The article spends more time on Milliband than the cabinet reshuffle. He has made at least one remark, which appears to demonstrate he has no clue about the economics of the policies he is supposed to implement.

17 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

Well we are all entitled to our opinions but anti-incumbent kneejerks need to be resisted - it's too easy and if you have the nous to do any better, then get on with it ! I notice that the most virulent critics often take a pride in NOT voting or never having voted. See how that turns out !

 

It's undeniable that this Labour Govt have made grievous errors - the ERNI increase, the Chagos deal, extra employee rights etc.

 

Let's remember, Labour took over a deep founded poisoned chalice, (putting it mildly). Last time I did a 'per head' calculation  of the 'National Debt', it showed  Govt. overspending of nearly £50K per head, (all to make the disfunctional. entitled and in some ways gutless nation we have now).

 

To pretend this is the fault of Starmer and Co. is easy meat for the moaners but Brits need to get behind someone and pull together. Reform are a joke, and vote for them if you dare. Farage is a puff of wind, (though likeable), and just won't cope at all IMO.

 

Reeve's (?) coming Budget will not be radical enough or face up to the depth of the UK problems, yet there will be howls of horror from everywhere. 

 

Good Luck UK !

I don't vote on the basis that I don't perceive that it makes any difference to my life whichever party is in power, I'm single and I don't have kids.
At 60 all I can get is zero-hours jobs, where I have no rights, no pay, and no work (currently living on savings).
The minimum wage in the UK is nothing. You can have no pay, no work, but still be classed as being in full employment. And most importantly you don't show up on the unemployment numbers.

26 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

To pretend this is the fault of Starmer and Co. is easy meat

 

It sure is.

 

One sentence from Starmer that shows he owns the current shambles

 

" After 14/years in Opposition, we have a plan ready to go from day 1 "

 

Perhaps, someone could enlighten me, on just 1 thing that has improved under Starmer / Labour ?

28 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

Well we are all entitled to our opinions but anti-incumbent kneejerks need to be resisted - it's too easy and if you have the nous to do any better, then get on with it ! I notice that the most virulent critics often take a pride in NOT voting or never having voted. See how that turns out !

 

It's undeniable that this Labour Govt have made grievous errors - the ERNI increase, the Chagos deal, extra employee rights etc.

 

Let's remember, Labour took over a deep founded poisoned chalice, (putting it mildly). Last time I did a 'per head' calculation  of the 'National Debt', it showed  Govt. overspending of nearly £50K per head, (all to make the disfunctional. entitled and in some ways gutless nation we have now).

 

To pretend this is the fault of Starmer and Co. is easy meat for the moaners but Brits need to get behind someone and pull together. Reform are a joke, and vote for them if you dare. Farage is a puff of wind, (though likeable), and just won't cope at all IMO.

 

Reeve's (?) coming Budget will not be radical enough or face up to the depth of the UK problems, yet there will be howls of horror from everywhere. 

 

Good Luck UK !

Not forgetting Labour cancelled the £350m rebuild of the hospital in the town of your username.

 

Why was that? Oh yes. Torbay voted for change, but tactically, and elected a LibDem MP. Labour didn't like that.

 

Plymouth, Labour MPs, got their funds in full and huge hospital rebuild is underway.

 

It's just so children in playground. It's Labour's ball and they are going home.

You might want to look away now

 

54 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

Reform are a joke, and vote for them if you dare. Farage is a puff of wind, (though likeable), and just won't cope at all IMO.

 

Reform / Farage might be considered a joke

 

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The new home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is expected to move Labour further to the right on migration to stop the advance of Reform, which has been enjoying a double digit poll lead having exploited a political vacuum left by the government over the summer.

 

But they have Starmer and his Government spinning faster than a Superstar DJ's mixing decks.

 

And the Labour mentalism continues 

 

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The Sunday Times is reporting that Mahmood, conscious of Farage’s popularity with voters, is likely to want to reform the European convention on human rights (ECHR

 

Someone care to explain how Mahmoud, is going to reform the ECHR ?

 

I'm pretty sure, it would take all 46 Signatories to agree to reform the ECHR.

 

Which I doubt very much, would be likely to happen.

 

More hot air, smoke and mirrors.

This would be comical if it wasn't so serious. A Muslim home secretary in charge of the gimmigrant boats and lardy Lammey as deputy PM. FFS what can possibly go wrong. The new football chant is certainly right. Starmer is a <deleted>

32 minutes ago, Knocker33 said:

This would be comical if it wasn't so serious. A Muslim home secretary in charge of the gimmigrant boats and lardy Lammey as deputy PM. FFS what can possibly go wrong. The new football chant is certainly right. Starmer is a <deleted>

Is it possible that it could be strategy? If the illegals problem is not solved very quickly, which is unlikely, and the dinghy's continue to arrive loaded with young foreign men, Starmer could blame it all on her ?

Can anyone reconcile the Daily Excess headline with this list?

 

Original Cabinet Members still in the cabinet;

- **Keir Starmer** – Prime Minister
- **Rachel Reeves** – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **Ed Miliband** – Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- **Bridget Phillipson** – Education Secretary
- **Wes Streeting** – Health Secretary
- **David Lammy** – Moved from Foreign Secretary to Justice Secretary and appointed Deputy Prime Minister
- **Yvette Cooper** – Moved from Home Secretary to Foreign Secretary
- **Steve Reed** – Moved from Environment Secretary to Housing Secretary
- **Peter Kyle** – Moved from Science, Innovation and Technology to Business Secretary
- **Pat McFadden** – Moved from Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to head a new merged ministry (DWP/DfE)

 

❌ No Longer in Cabinet

- **Angela Rayner** – Resigned as Deputy PM and Housing Secretary following ethics investigation
- **Lucy Powell** – Removed as Leader of the House of Commons
- **Ian Murray** – Removed as Scottish Secretary

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### 🆕 New Entrants
- **Shabana Mahmood** – Promoted from Justice Secretary to Home Secretary

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

❌ No Longer in Cabinet

- **Angela Rayner** – Resigned as Deputy PM and Housing Secretary following ethics investigation
- **Lucy Powell** – Removed as Leader of the House of Commons
- **Ian Murray** – Removed as Scottish Secretary

 

Add in the 3 former cabinet ministers removed / resigned under clouds of corruption.

 

I think  that says a lot about Starmers lack of judgement.

4 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Is it possible that it could be strategy? If the illegals problem is not solved very quickly, which is unlikely, and the dinghy's continue to arrive loaded with young foreign men, Starmer could blame it all on her ?

We are coming to or at the end of the summer, when weather conditions permit more crossings. I expect there is a late rush to get across now.

Thanks for the replies.

 

Beast of Bodmin - I'm guessing Milliband's time will come. 

 

Andrew 65 - fair enough, but IMO you are wrong. Different parties pursue different policies which may make your lot better or worse e.g. Labour HAVE increased the minimum wage which helps you presumably. 

 

Cyclist - all Parties say they are 'ready to go' with changes. It would be better if all of them acknowledged the UK's financial plight and presented us with different ways of tackling it - so we are all then ready for the inescapable cuts to benefits and increases to taxes, without the bull. 

 

Avinalaff - well I daresay that something somewhere had to go - wherever is targeted, the disappointment is understandable. Thus the discontent. Prepare for more, whatever Govt. is in place.

 

If you think it's kid's stuff - have a go yourself !

 

In your next - "spinning faster than a Superstar DJ's mixing decks". MMMmmm. A wild exaggeration. As for the ECHR, I'm guessing that as in most things Europe, the UK will be unable to change things for the better and that we will in fact, leave ! Hopefully.

 

Knocker - aptly named. Starmer was as you know, Director of Public Prosecutions for some years and a considerable figure in the legal world. Sorry to ask, but what did you do ? Throw insults for a living ? One point - Starmer has done well playing the Trump card - well done to him on that.

 

Mikey - really ? Actually Mahmoud has a reputation as a 'hard liner' on the subject of immigration, (which is good to know).

 

Cyclist - lack of judgement ? You can do better can you? Things move on and change - maybe he made a good call at the time.

 

Andrew - yes there is always a late rush. My own opinion is we should turnaround the boats as they leave French waters, (not pick 'em up and bring them here FGS). Only something that radical will work . . . .

 

I'm done for now. ATB 

Amazing how they can all just switch jobs.

 

Can you imagine this in a private company?

 

Hey Dave you're no longer the sales manager you're the IT Manager. Lisa you're no longer the HR Manager you're now the warehouse manager. Mary you're no longer the CFO you're the R&D Manager. 😃

 

Just shows how little they know about the departments they *manage". Career politicians. Empty suits.

5 hours ago, Knocker33 said:

This would be comical if it wasn't so serious. A Muslim home secretary in charge of the gimmigrant boats and lardy Lammey as deputy PM. FFS what can possibly go wrong. The new football chant is certainly right. Starmer is a <deleted>

And having a Pakistani in charge of the Pakistani grooming gang enquiry is an insult to the victims and their families.

 

It also shows spectacular lack of judgement and tone deafness.