Starmer Appoints Gordon Brown Global Finance Envoy and Harriet Harman Adviser on Violence Against Women

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed former prime minister Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance and former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman as an adviser on tackling violence against women and girls. Downing Street said Brown and Baroness Harman met Starmer in Downing Street before the roles were announced.

Brown will advise on how global finance cooperation can help to achieve boosting the country's security and resilience. Baroness Harman will advise the PM on how to galvanise government to deliver for women and girls. Her role will draw on work with women across Parliament to identify action needed to tackle misogyny and deliver greater opportunity for women in parliamentary and public life.

Gordon Brown served as chancellor before becoming prime minister between 2007 and 2010. He took a leading role in the international response to the financial crisis of 2008. Baroness Harman was leader of the House of Commons during Gordon Brown's tenure as prime minister and served as Labour deputy leader from 2007 to 2015.

Sir Keir Starmer posted a promotional video on social media showing him meeting Brown alongside Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Baroness Harman in 10 Downing Street's back garden. "Together, we will build a stronger and fairer Britain," Sir Keir wrote in the social media post above the video.

The appointments were announced after UK election results in which the Scottish National Party made gains in Scotland. Brown and Baroness Harman are influential and respected within Labour.