By Lars Mucklejohn Keir Starmer has appointed Timpson boss James Timpson and former chief scientific adviser to the government Patrick Vallance as junior ministers after Labour’s historic election victory. Timpson, chief executive of his father’s Timpson Group, will be Minister of State for prisons, parole and probation. Vallance, who became well known for his television briefings during the Covid-19 pandemic, will be a Minister of State for science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Both will be made peers. Timpson’s key cutting to dry cleaning business is known for emp…