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Defiant Starmer challenges cabinet to put up or shut up on leadership coup

The government has appointed four new ministers and three new whips.

The appointments come after Miatta Fahnbulleh, Jess Phillips, Alex Davies-Jones and Zubir Ahmed left the government on Tuesday in protest at Sir Keir Starmer ’s leadership.

Nesil Caliskan has been made a parliamentary under-secretary of state (PPS) in the Ministry of Housing , Communities and Local Government, while Natalie Fleet has been made a PPS in the Home Office .

Catherine Atkinson MP becomes a PPS in the Ministry of Justice and Preet Kaur Gill is now PPS in the Department of Health and Social Care.

Gen Kitchen has been made comptroller of HM Household and Deirdre Costigan is the new junior Lord of the Treasury, both Government whips.…