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Starmer shuffles team
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Darren Jones to the new role of chief secretary to the Prime Minister.
His previous role as chief secretary to the Treasury will now be filled by James Murray, previously the exchequer secretary at the department. Murray's old role will be taken on by Dan Tomlinson.
Communications director James Lyon will also be leaving his role. Steph Driver, the other communications director, will be staying in place.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, the PM said the changes would make the centre of government "more powerful" and allow him to drive through his priorities.
Baroness Minouche Shafik, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, has been appointed as the prime minister's economic adviser.
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