Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

May finds ministers to fill resignation holes: but does it really matter?

Theresa May has this evening found enough people to fill the various ministerial holes left in her government by the recent slew of resignations. Some of these holes have been gaping for rather a long time: there has been no Minister for Disabled People since 13 March, for instance. But their lack of replacements until now has excited very little attention, largely because it’s not clear what else the government aspires to do at the moment other than exist. The appointments announced this evening are as follows:

  • Justin Tomlinson MP to be a Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.
  • James Cleverly MP to be a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union.
  • Seema Kennedy MP to be a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care.
  • Andrew Stephenson MP to be a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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