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Paul Marinko 23 July 2026

McMahon returns to MHCLG

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Jim McMahon © parliament.uk.

Jim McMahon is returning to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) less than a year after Keir Starmer sacked him.

The former Oldham council leader oversaw the early stages of the sector's current reorganisation process and his appointment as parliamentary under-secretary of state by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham mirrors the return of his old boss, Angela Rayner, to the ministry.

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