Newly installed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has started appointing members of his cabinet in a re-shuffle expected to be the biggest shake-up in government since the Labour Party came to power in 1997.Alistair Darling, a longterm political ally of Brown, was named to the key position of Chancellor of the Exchequer -- the finance role previously held by the new prime minister himself for 10 years.
Former environment minister David Miliband will replace Margaret Beckett as foreign secretary, according to government sources quoted by news agencies.
Tipped as a rising star, at 41 Miliband would become the youngest politician of the modern era to hold one of the UK government's four senior cabinet posts.
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