tessa jowell lost her place at the table when james purnell became culture secretary but was given the right to attend cabinet as the olympics minister and also became paymaster general. the last holdover from blair's government was bruce grocott, who stayed on as chief whip in the lords and captain of the gentlemen at arms. balls' wife, yvette cooper, was given the right to attend cabinet in her role as housing minister as was david miliband's brother, ed miliband, who became cabinet minister and chancellor of the duchy of lancaster.