Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Government reshuffle has seen Dame Angela Eagle DBE appointed as Minister of State (Security Minister) at both the Home Office and the Cabinet Office.

Labour veteran Eagle replaces Dan Jarvis MBE who now takes on the role of Secretary of State for Defence.

The Security Minister has several key responsibilities, including addressing counter-terrorism and counter-extremism, state threats, cyber security and crime, serious and organised crime, oversight of the National Crime Agency, international criminality, aviation and maritime security, economic crime (excluding fraud), MP security and VIP protection, online safety and anti-corruption.

Eagle was elected as the MP for Wallasey in the General Election of July 2024, having first been elected to Parliament back in 1992 when she became the first Labour member of Parliament for Wallasey.

During her time as a Labour backbencher, Eagle has held a number of senior government and opposition roles throughout her political career.

She is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Oxford and was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2021 in recognition of her Parliamentary and political service.