Welcome to The Spectator’s coverage of David Cameron’s post-election reshuffle. Here are the latest appointments along with analysis.
Key appointments:
- New appointments: Michael Gove (Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor), Sajid Javid (Business Secretary), Amber Rudd (Energy and Climate Change Secretary), Greg Clark (Communities and Local Government Secretary), David Mundell (Scotland Secretary), Greg Hands (Chief Secretary to the Treasury), Mark Harper (Chief Whip), Chris Grayling (Leader of the House of Commons), Matt Hancock (Cabinet Office Minister and Paymaster General), Priti Patel (Minister of State for Employment), Anna Soubry (Minister of State for Small Business), Oliver Letwin (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), Boris Johnson (Political Cabinet), Robert Halfon (Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party), Ros Altmann (Pensions Minister), John Hayes (Minister of State for Security), Mark Francois (Minister of State for Communities and Local Government), Penny Mordaunt (Armed Forces Minister), Jo Johnson (Minister of State for Universities and Science), Edward Timpson (Minister of State for Children and Families), George Eustice (Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Andrea Leadsom (Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change), Anne Milton (Deputy Chief Whip), Therese Coffey (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons), Harriett Baldwin (Economic Secretary to the Treasury), Francis Maude (Trade Minister at Foreign Office and BIS)
- Remaining in place: David Cameron (Prime Minister), George Osborne (Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Secretary of State), Philip Hammond (Foreign Secretary), Theresa May (Home Secretary), Michael Fallon (Defence Secretary), Jeremy Hunt (Health Secretary), Nicky Morgan (Education Secretary), Iain Duncan Smith (Work and Pensions Secretary), Patrick McLoughlin (Transport Secretary), Liz Truss (Environment Secretary), Justine Greening (International Development Secretary), Theresa Villiers (Northern Ireland Secretary), Stephen Crabb (Wales Secretary), Nick Boles (Minister of State for Skills), Jeremy Wright (Attorney General)
- Shadow cabinet highlights: Chris Leslie (Shadow Chancellor), Hilary Benn (Shadow Foreign Secretary), Liz Kendall...
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