The UK tech minister Peter Kyle has become the new business secretary, as prime minister Keir Starmer reshuffles his cabinet amid the fallout from his deputy Angela Rayner’s resignation on Friday.
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September 5, 2025
UK tech minister Peter Kyle becomes business secretary in cabinet reshuffle
Liz Kendall has taken up the vacant role as secretary of state for science, innovation and technology
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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