Two Jewish ministers reappointed in Burnham’s government

Sarah Sackman and Georgia Gould join Jewish Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in new government

Sarah Sackman talks at previous Jewish Labour Movement conference in London (pic Ian Vogler)
Sarah Sackman talks at previous Jewish Labour Movement conference in London (pic Ian Vogler)
Two Jewish ministers have been re-appointed to the government by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham in the latest list of his appointments.
Finchley and Golders Green MP Sarah Sackman will remain a Minister of State in Justice, while Queens Park and Maida Vale MP Georgia Gould remains a minister in the Department of Education.
Both will now work under new bosses, with Alex Norris MP made Secretary of State for Justice, and Lucy Powell made Education Secretary.
But both Sackman and Gould had been close to Keir Starmer, and there were fears they would join other allies of the former PM by being ousted from government.
In other moves, Dan Jarvis MP returns to his old job as Security Minister, jointly in the Home Office and Cabinet Office.
Georgia Gould deilvers her maiden speech in the Commons
In a move likely to raise eyebrows among some communal leaders, Andy Slaughter MP, a long-time pro-Palestine campaigner, has been appointed the new Solicitor General.
Other appointments include Dame Diana Johnson, a longtime ally of the community, who becomes a minister in the Department of Health and Social Care.
Andy Slaughter
Stephen Doughty MP remains a Foreign Office minister, while Sarah Jones remains in the Home Office.
Lord Hanson of Flint is kept as a Home Office minister.
Among those to leave government are Baroness Chapman and Rachel Blake MP.
On Monday Ed Miliband was confirmed as Foreign Secretary, and said:“My parents came to Britain as Jewish refugees from the Nazis. I will carry my parents’ faith in that spirit of Britain to my role representing our country.”
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