The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats undertook reshuffles today. As it happened, here is how Fraser Nelson, James Forsyth, Isabel Hardman and Sebastian Payne reported the day’s events. You can see a list of who’s in and out here.
1839: So in the end three reshuffles that could have toiled on all week are pretty much wrapped up by the end of play. Here are our top lines from tonight’s Evening Blend:
1839: So in the end three reshuffles that could have toiled on all week are pretty much wrapped up by the end of play. Here are our top lines from tonight’s Evening Blend:
- All three parties reshuffled their frontbench ranks, with a cull of the Blairites in Labour and jobs for rising stars and allies of George Osborne for the Tories.
- …while Nick Clegg showed his brutal side by sacking popular Home Office minister Jeremy Browne with a terse letter.
- The new appointments include a beefed-up whips’ office.
- Jeremy Hunt ‘clarified’ the tweet that his opponent Andy Burnham has threatened legal action over.
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