Baroness Curran is the seventh departure from Starmer's government – she's left just two weeks after her predecessor, Lord Hunt, retired.

First ministerial direction of the Starmer government has been published – around taking control of British Steel.

The DBT permanent secretary said the speed of the decision meant he could not confirm it would be feasible and achieve value for money www.gov.uk/government/p...

Here's a more detailed comparison of PMs' first resignations. Haigh's replacement hasn't yet been announced – Starmer likely won't make major changes to his top team to do so, but if he does he'll have reshuffled his cabinet sooner than most other PMs.

Louise Haigh is Starmer's first minister to resign, 146 days into his premiership – so of course at @instituteforgov.bsky.social we've got a chart to update. He's done better than his recent predecessors – Gavin Williamson resigned just 15 days after Sunak became PM