Sir Keir Starmer has appointed one of Labour's rising stars to a new role at the heart of Government, in a shake-up of his Downing Street operation as MPs return from their summer break.Darren Jones will be chief secretary to the Prime Minister, a new ministerial role in which he will attend Cabinet.Mr Jones, who had been chief secretary to the Treasury, will be based at No 10 and "directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister's priorities", Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed one of Labour's rising stars to a new role at the heart of Government, in a shake-up of his Downing Street operation as MPs return from their summer break.Darren Jones will be chief secretary to the Prime Minister, a new ministerial role in which he will attend Cabinet.Mr Jones, who had been chief secretary to the Treasury, will be based at No 10 and "directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister's priorities", Downing Street said.