James Forsyth James Forsyth

The reshuffle is approaching

One of the issues that David Cameron is contemplating at the moment is the timing of the reshuffle. I hear that he devoted a considerable chunk of last week to thinking about the structure he wants for the government.
 
The pressing matter that has been delaying the move is doubts over whether certain ministers could survive or not; no Prime Minister wants to freshen up his government only to have to make more changes a few weeks later. So, it was deemed to be impossible to do one before Jeremy Hunt appeared before the Leveson Inquiry. Now, some in Number 10 think that the Prime Minister will have to wait until the investigations into Sayeeda Warsi’s expenses are complete.
 
But I suspect that this latest episode has strengthened the hand of those who argue that Warsi needs to be shuffled out of the job of party co-chairman.



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