Anas Sarwar is set to quit as Scottish Labour leader to be a minister in Andy Burnham's government, according to reports. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.

Sarwar is expected to be elevated to the Lords to take up a ministerial post at the revamped Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, headed by Jonathan Reynolds, according to media including the Scottish Sun.

A summary of today's developments

Andy Burnham has told the first meeting of his new cabinet that they needed to examine "all possible ways" to help families struggling with high costs.

Andy Burnham has created a powerful new prime minister's department taking in parts of the Cabinet Office, Treasury and housing ministry to become the "dominant driver of the UK's economy". He has created the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, to be led by his ally and enforcer Louise Haigh, which will oversee the No 10 operation in London, the forthcoming No 10 North in Manchester and parts of the Cabinet Office.

Wes Streeting said Andy Burnham's commitment to defence "will be even more clear in the coming months" as he indicated that military budgets would rise by over £25bn to hit a Nato target in 2035. The new defence secretary said the UK would "stick by" commitments it made to its allies – a reference to a pledge to dramatically lift spending to 3.5% of GDP in 2035 from its current level of 2.6%.

The proportion of ministers in the newly-formed cabinet who were educated in state schools has fallen following Andy Burnham's shake-up, according to analysis by the Sutton Trust social mobility charity. The trust calculated that 72% of the new cabinet went to state comprehensives while 24% attended private schools.

Yvette Cooper will have to pay NHS doctors more or risk them staging more strikes, the British Medical Association (BMA) warned the new health secretary.

Keir Starmer's allies have questioned Andy Burnham's pledge to end factional infighting after he removed or demoted more than half of the outgoing prime minister's cabinet in his first reshuffle. "This was a deeply factional cabinet reshuffle," one said. "The idea it was anything else is ridiculous." Another former official said: "Becoming leader of a party involves having to promise things to a lot of different people, and you can see that in some appointments. What was surprising was the decision to get rid of so many impressive people."

Andy Burnham has dismissed the prospect of "further referendums" in his calls with the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Anas Sarwar's departure

Anas Sarwar is set to quit as Scottish Labour leader to be a minister in Andy Burnham's government, according to reports. Sarwar is expected to be elevated to the Lords to take up a ministerial post at the revamped Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, headed by Jonathan Reynolds, according to media including the Scottish Sun.

Additional information

Kiran Stacey reports that on the frequent occasions that John Healey would travel abroad as defence secretary, he was so determined to keep working he would get the crew to tether a desk to the inside of his military aircraft so he could read his papers. His diligence is one reason why Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, made Healey his unexpected pick for chancellor on Monday.