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| Damian Hinds named as new Education Secretary after Justine Greening resigns | Damian Hinds named as new Education Secretary after Justine Greening resigns |
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| Damian Hinds has been appointed as the new Education Secretary after Justine Greening resigned from the Government. | |
| The former work and pensions minister was promoted to Theresa May's top team as part of a new year's reshuffle aimed at reasserting her authority after the poor general election result. | |
| In the biggest upset of the night, Ms Greening refused to allow the Prime Minister to move her to another department and dramatically resigned from the Cabinet. | |
| She had made it clear she wanted to stay in the education post amid numerous reports that Ms May wanted to move her. | |
| Meanwhile, the post of Work and Pensions Secretary which Ms Greening turned down was handed to former minister Esther McVey. | |
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