A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivering a speech on the Middle East in the House of Commons in London on September 1, 2025. (PRU/AFP)
Britain’s David Lammy, who slammed Israel over its actions in Gaza earlier this week, will be replaced as foreign minister by Yvette Cooper, who is currently interior minister, UK media reports.
If confirmed, the appointment would be the most significant of a ministerial cabinet reshuffle being carried out by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, triggered by the resignation of deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, after she admitted underpaying property tax on a new home.
Local British media reports say Lammy will become deputy prime minister and justice minister.
According to Sky News, the move is widely seen as a large blow for Lammy after Starmer apparently promised him five years in the position as recently as November.
Earlier this week, Lammy slammed Israel for “man-made famine” in Gaza, and said Israel’s reputation is diminishing among the world’s young people.
The then-foreign minister told the UK parliament he was “outraged by the Israeli government’s refusal to allow in sufficient aid” to Gaza.
“This is not a natural disaster,” he said. “It’s a man-made famine in the 21st century.”
He also blasted Hamas for “deliberately starving Israeli hostages.”
As home secretary, Cooper proscribed Palestine Action.
In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website on June 16, 2025, Britain’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper makes a statement in the House of Commons (PRU / AFP)
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