Who are the ministers who could replace Maria Miller? Some of the muttering over the past few days has been about the Prime Minister’s desire to keep women in the Cabinet, and Miller herself boasted of being the only mother in the Cabinet.
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There are many mothers, fathers, men and women in the Tory party who have bright careers ahead of them. If the PM feels he needs a woman, he could promote Nicky Morgan, currently shining at the Treasury. Or plain-speaking Esther McVey (if her comments on ITV’s The Agenda on Monday were a little too plainly-spoken, then they shouldn’t damage her career: I understand that she warned colleagues that if she was asked about it on the show, she’d have to be honest about what she thought of Maria Miller’s apology), who has risen steadily from being a PPS to Chris Grayling to Minister of State at the DWP.
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