 to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom. Starmer speaking in his first press conference after holding his first cabinet meeting today. Vicki Barker reports a record 11 of the 25 people on his team are women. Rachel Reeves, an economist and politician, has become the UK's first female chancellor or finance minister. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner began life as a 16-year-old single mother and high school dropout.