Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Boris Johnson’s government shake-up continues

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After a rather quiet day, the reshuffle is back on, and Boris Johnson is proving to be even more brutal with the more junior ministerial jobs than he was in his clear out of the cabinet. So far, the following have left government:

  • Jesse Norman
  • Caroline Dinenage
  • Luke Hall
  • Graham Stuart
  • James Duddridge
  • Matt Warman
  • John Whittingdale
  • Nick Gibb
And these are the moves and promotions within government:
Treasury
  • Lucy Frazer is financial secretary, moving from Justice.
  • Helen Whately is exchequer secretary, moving from Health and Social Care.
Home Office
  • Rachel Maclean has been made a parliamentary under sectary at the Home Office, having been moved from Transport.

Education
  • Robin Walker is a minister of state, moving from Northern Ireland.
  • Alex Burghart has been made a parliamentary under secretary having served as Boris Johnson’s parliamentary private secretary.
  • Will Quince has been appointed parliamentary under secretary. He was previously under sectary for welfare delivery at the Department of Work and Pensions.

Health and Social Care
  • Gillian Keegan is minister of state, moving from Education.


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