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Reshuffle LIVE: Truss replaces Raab; Gove to Housing; Williamson sacked

Robert Jenrick and Robert Buckland have been sacked - and Michael Gove is the new Housing Secretary. Follow along.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-09-15 13:43
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After weeks of speculation, Boris Johnson is reshuffling his Cabinet. Follow live as we keep you posted with all the comings and goings. Refresh for updates.

17.51

Kwasi Kwarteng has kept his job at BEIS. And with that, most of the big moves are made, so we’ll call it an evening. Thanks for reading.

17.27

Any more for any more? Anne Marie-Trevelyan – once of DFID – is the new Trade Secretary, replacing Liz Truss.

And … Anne Marie Trevelyan gets the Trade Sec job. https://t.co/SHq3VU1mpO

— Emilio Casalicchio (@e_casalicchio) September 15, 2021

And Steve Barclay takes over from Michael Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office.

The Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP @SteveBarclay has been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office @CabinetOffice#Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/5ssa1krCpO

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

17.25

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Labour, meanwhile, is keen to point out that the sacked Tory ministers are in for big severance packages… while cutting Universal Credit from millions in their constituencies.

Labour: Sacked Conservative Ministers voted to cut £30 million from families in their constituencies while being handed £17,000 each in severance payments.

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) September 15, 2021

17.04

And Nadhim Zahawi, fresh off the vaccine beat, replaces Gavin Williamson at Education – where, one suspects, he’ll have quite a lot on his plate this year. Cheers, Gav.

Nadhim Zahawi MP @NadhimZahawi has been appointed Secretary of State for Education @educationgovuk#Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/zRxqWQqZV2

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

17.03

Someone staying put: Ben Wallace. After overseeing the Afghanistan evacuation effort, he stays at the Ministry of Defence.

16.50

Who’s next? Anne-Marie Trevelyan has arrived at No 10. She’s tipped for Gavin Williamson’s old job.

And Nadine Dorries – a successful novelist, remember – has been confirmed as the new Culture Secretary.

Nadine Dorries MP @NadineDorries has been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS#Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/PjkrEgR9Re

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

16.46

Oliver Dowden has been appointed Cabinet Office minister – and co-chair of the Tory party.

The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden @OliverDowden has been appointed Minister without Portfolio, Cabinet Office. pic.twitter.com/pWNEUpbrTn

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

16.38

Dowden looks to be heading to CCHQ to replace Amanda Milling as Tory party chair.

Understand Dowden is going to CCHQ as party chair

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 15, 2021

16.27

Mark Spencer is staying as Chief Whip. Some had tipped him for a move to DEFRA.

Mark Spencer staying as Chief Whip https://t.co/Dwi70tVSt3 pic.twitter.com/znoSOfIQwM

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) September 15, 2021

16.24

Sounds like Nadine Dorries – currently a health minister – is getting a promotion. Looks like she’ll be off to DCMS.

Sources expecting Nadine Dorries to head to DCMS – not yet confirmed

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 15, 2021

16.15

Michael Gove is the new Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, with an extra responsibility for the Union. Expect more late-night jaunts to Aberdeen.

Gove confirmed to Communities and Housing, but takes on reponsiblity for the Union as well

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 15, 2021

Gove will also be put in charge of ‘levelling up’. He’ll be a busy man.

Confirmed: Michael Gove is heading to @mhclg. He will be in charge of the levelling up agenda but remain in charge the Union brief. #reshuffle

— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) September 15, 2021

15.54

Liz Truss is the new Foreign Secretary.

Breaking:

Liz Truss is CONFIRMED as foreign secretary

Priti Patel stays on as home secretary

Means that half of the great offices of state are now held by women

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 15, 2021

Remember: Truss is quite comfortably the most popular Cabinet minister among Tory members. The move to Foreign Secretary will burnish her leadership credentials still further.

The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP @trussliz has been appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs @FCDOGovUK

She remains as Minister for Women and Equalities @GEOgovuk #Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/hGKPeI3Gny

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

15.48

So where are we? Liz Truss is still in Downing Street. She’s expected to replace Raab as Foreign Secretary.

Michael Gove is there too; he’s expected to take over as Housing Secretary.

And Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, has just arrived too. He’s tipped to take over from Gavin Williamson at Education.

Got it? Good.

15.41

BREAKING: Priti Patel is going nowhere. She stays as Home Secretary.

Priti Patel remains Home Secretary

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) September 15, 2021

Now confirmed by Downing Street.

The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP @PritiPatel remains Secretary of State for the Home Department @UKHomeOffice

#Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/NQ542I2eLj

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

15.35

And another: Amanda Milling is out as Conservative Party chair.

It’s been a privilege and an honour to be the Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Thank you to the voluntary party and the team at CCHQ for their support.

Thank you to @BorisJohnson for this opportunity. I will continue working to deliver on our plans to level up the UK.

— Amanda Milling (@amandamilling) September 15, 2021

15.34

In the least surprising news of the day, Rishi Sunak remains Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP @RishiSunak remains Chancellor of the Exchequer @HMTreasury

#Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/O46rqgSCA6

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) September 15, 2021

15.32

…and now Liz Truss is in Downing Street. Are we about to have a new Foreign Secretary?

Liz Truss has arrived at No10. Will the trade secretary emerge the new foreign secretary pic.twitter.com/sIE8ROafOi

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) September 15, 2021

15.23

It’s all kicking off now. Priti Patel has just entered Downing Street.

The Home Secretary looking nervous as she enters Downing St pic.twitter.com/xZkBXzv6qn

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) September 15, 2021

15.19

White smoke! Dominic Raab has a new job. He has been confirmed as Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister.

Dominic Raab confirmed as Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister – first Cabinet appointment

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 15, 2021

15.15

Dominic Raab, with a face like thunder, has just walked into Downing Street.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1438143500592234502

This might be why…

Cabinet ministers think Dominic Raab has dug in and is refusing demotion

Meeting with Johnson sounds tense

They think he may even end up staying on as Foreign Secretary

He's going into No 10 now…

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 15, 2021

15.04

Johnson has left Parliament and is on his way back to Downing Street, Guido reports. Does that mean the sackings are over?

14.46

Latest from the rumour-mill: Priti Patel may well be safe. Gove could be off to MHCLG. Steve Barclay, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, could become Minister for the Cabinet Office – which, as it stands, is Gove’s job.

Priti Patel appears safe as home secretary

Michael Gove said to be moving to housing secretary@SamCoatesSky reports that Steve Barclay, Chief Sec to Treasury, could become Minister for Cabinet Office

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 15, 2021

14.39

All of a sudden there are lots of departments without ministers. Who will fill the gaps? Harry Cole of The Sun reports that Michael Gove may well be on his way to MHCLG as Jenrick’s replacement – possibly with a ‘Save The Union’ brief appended to it.

Heard earlier this may include brief for the Union https://t.co/0cqBYQ3p4Y

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) September 15, 2021

14.30

Robert Jenrick has been sacked. A long-time Johnson loyalist, he said he was “deeply proud” of “all we achieved” at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

It’s been a huge privilege to serve as Secretary of State @mhclg. Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I’m deeply proud of all we achieved.

I will continue to support the Prime Minister and the Government in every way I can.

— Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) September 15, 2021

14.22

What is Labour saying about today’s reshuffle? Well, the party has accused Boris Johnson of “warped priorities” by embarking on a reshuffle just as MPs prepare to slash Universal Credit.

A spokesperson for the Labour Party told LabourList: “They have a chance to cancel the cut to Universal Credit that will affect millions of families across the country. Instead, once again, they are more concerned about jobs for their mates.”

14.17

Has Buckland been sacked to make way for Dominic Raab? The Lobby’s best and brightest certainly think so.

Very difficult to know why Robert Buckland has been sacked – other than to create a job for @DominicRaab. Buckland is widely seen as having been loyal, hardworking and authoritative as Lord Chancellor

— Robert Peston (@Peston) September 15, 2021

14.07

Confirmed: Robert Buckland is out as Lord Chancellor. This will surprise some – he has genuinely been viewed as one of the more competent ministers.

It has been an honour to serve in Government for the last 7 years, and as the Lord Chancellor for the last 2.

I am deeply proud of everything I have achieved. On to the next adventure

— Robert Buckland (@RobertBuckland) September 15, 2021

As Danny Shaw, former Home Affairs guru at the BBC points out, Buckland “understand the criminal justice and courts landscape”. And his departure means we’re now onto the eight justice secretary in ten years. No wonder the justice system is a mess.

It means we’re about to have the EIGHTH justice secretary in 10 years. Eight in 10 years.

— Danny Shaw (@DannyShawNews) September 15, 2021

14.00

Who’s next? According to Robert Peston of ITV, Priti Patel is “not looking happy”. But that could be about anything, of course.

Ministerial source: “@pritipatel not looking happy”. I simply pass on

— Robert Peston (@Peston) September 15, 2021

13.52

More news… Robert Buckland, the Justice Secretary, is out too.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1438123104925069321

According to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, Dominic Raab – who remains, for now, the Foreign Secretary – has been tipped for Buckland’s old job at the Ministry of Justice.

Robert Buckland now in Commons too – suggestion that Raab might go to Ministry of Justice, his current berth …

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 15, 2021

13.50

Who will replace Gavin? Jason Groves of the Daily Mail suggests Liz Truss, Oliver Dowden and Kemi Badenoch are all in the mix. But, then again, Truss has been linked with almost every job under the sun in the last few days.

Liz Truss, Oliver Dowden and Kemi Badenoch all tipped for possible move to Education

— Jason Groves (@JasonGroves1) September 15, 2021

Gary Neville certainly seems pleased to see the back of Williamson.

Here we go, the big cull 😂 https://t.co/iXqeLdMv2u

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 15, 2021

13.42

CONFIRMED: Gavin Williamson is out as Education Secretary. He tweeted that it had been “a privilege to serve”, and claimed to be “particularly proud of the transformational reforms” he oversaw. Hmmm.

It has been a privilege to serve as Education Secretary since 2019. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, I’m particularly proud of the transformational reforms I’ve led in Post 16 education: in further education colleges, our Skills agenda, apprenticeships and more.

— Gavin Williamson (@GavinWilliamson) September 15, 2021

Williamson does not appear to have been offered a new brief. In a follow-up tweet, he said he would “look forward to continuing to support the Prime Minister and the government”… from the backbenches?

It has been a privilege to serve as Education Secretary since 2019. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, I’m particularly proud of the transformational reforms I’ve led in Post 16 education: in further education colleges, our Skills agenda, apprenticeships and more.

— Gavin Williamson (@GavinWilliamson) September 15, 2021

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