Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh has been named transport secretary and becomes one of the first appointments to the new prime minister’s first cabinet, along with Wigan MP Lisa Nandy, who has been appointed secretary of state for culture, media and sport.
Haigh’s department will have significant oversight for Atol reform, while the tourism brief will sit with Nandy’s department – the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. No one has yet been appointed as the UK’s new tourism minister, a portfolio previous held by Conservative MP Julia Lopez.
