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| Reshuffle: Boris Johnson fires Gavin Williamson as he rings cabinet changes | Reshuffle: Boris Johnson fires Gavin Williamson as he rings cabinet changes |
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| Liz Truss has been promoted to one of the key jobs in government | Liz Truss has been promoted to one of the key jobs in government |
| Boris Johnson has fired a string of cabinet ministers - and promoted new faces to replace them - in a major reshuffle. | Boris Johnson has fired a string of cabinet ministers - and promoted new faces to replace them - in a major reshuffle. |
| The prime minister sacked under-fire Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and moved Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to the justice department. | The prime minister sacked under-fire Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and moved Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to the justice department. |
| Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel keep their jobs. | Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel keep their jobs. |
| But there are promotions for Liz Truss, who goes to the Foreign Office, and Nadine Dorries, who gets culture. | |
| Downing Street said the aim of the reshuffle was to "put in place a strong and united team to build back better from the pandemic". | Downing Street said the aim of the reshuffle was to "put in place a strong and united team to build back better from the pandemic". |
| More moves are expected over the coming hours, as Mr Johnson seeks to fill vacant positions. | More moves are expected over the coming hours, as Mr Johnson seeks to fill vacant positions. |
| As it happened: Johnson reshuffles cabinet | |
| Where did it go wrong for Gavin Williamson? | Where did it go wrong for Gavin Williamson? |
| In addition to justice secretary and Lord Chancellor, Mr Raab has also been given the title of deputy prime minister, after what is understood to have been a lengthy and difficult conversation with the prime minister. | In addition to justice secretary and Lord Chancellor, Mr Raab has also been given the title of deputy prime minister, after what is understood to have been a lengthy and difficult conversation with the prime minister. |
| A source denied Mr Raab was angry with the move from the Foreign Office, but he is understood to be unhappy with the way his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan was portrayed. | A source denied Mr Raab was angry with the move from the Foreign Office, but he is understood to be unhappy with the way his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan was portrayed. |
| In other moves: | In other moves: |
| Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi is promoted to education secretary | Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi is promoted to education secretary |
| Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is fired - and replaced by Michael Gove | Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is fired - and replaced by Michael Gove |
| Treasury minister Steve Barclay replaces Mr Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Treasury minister Steve Barclay replaces Mr Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| Oliver Dowden is given the role of minister without portfolio at the Cabinet Office | Oliver Dowden is given the role of minister without portfolio at the Cabinet Office |
| Mr Dowden also becomes Conservative Party co-chair, replacing Amanda Milling | Mr Dowden also becomes Conservative Party co-chair, replacing Amanda Milling |
| Simon Clarke becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Simon Clarke becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| The big winners from the reshuffle include Ms Dorries, a junior health minister and best-selling novelist who has never sat in the cabinet before, and Ms Truss, who moves into one of the top three jobs in government from the Department for International Trade. | The big winners from the reshuffle include Ms Dorries, a junior health minister and best-selling novelist who has never sat in the cabinet before, and Ms Truss, who moves into one of the top three jobs in government from the Department for International Trade. |
| New Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Michael Gove will also retain responsibility for the government's "levelling up" agenda - spreading wealth and opportunity around the country - and handling demands for another Scottish independence referendum. | New Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Michael Gove will also retain responsibility for the government's "levelling up" agenda - spreading wealth and opportunity around the country - and handling demands for another Scottish independence referendum. |
| Dominic Raab helped shape the government's Global Britain foreign policy and toughened the UK's stance towards Russia and China. | Dominic Raab helped shape the government's Global Britain foreign policy and toughened the UK's stance towards Russia and China. |
| But he also ran an unhappy ship with the Foreign Office struggling with budget cuts, low morale and a difficult merger with the International Development Department. | But he also ran an unhappy ship with the Foreign Office struggling with budget cuts, low morale and a difficult merger with the International Development Department. |
| He was accused by his detractors of being a control freak who lost the trust of some officials and ambassadors. | He was accused by his detractors of being a control freak who lost the trust of some officials and ambassadors. |
| And then the mishandling of the Afghanistan evacuation - and his decision to stay on holiday - prompted further criticism. | And then the mishandling of the Afghanistan evacuation - and his decision to stay on holiday - prompted further criticism. |
| Liz Truss now becomes - after Margaret Beckett - only the second woman to hold the role of foreign secretary. | Liz Truss now becomes - after Margaret Beckett - only the second woman to hold the role of foreign secretary. |
| As a former trade minister, she is a known figure on the international diplomatic circuit, having negotiated trade deals that had to be replaced after Brexit. | As a former trade minister, she is a known figure on the international diplomatic circuit, having negotiated trade deals that had to be replaced after Brexit. |
| She will bring some character - even panache - to a job that often requires a bit of human diplomacy. | She will bring some character - even panache - to a job that often requires a bit of human diplomacy. |
| But she will face an uphill task to revive an institution in the Foreign Office that has felt in recent times somewhat marginalised in government. | But she will face an uphill task to revive an institution in the Foreign Office that has felt in recent times somewhat marginalised in government. |
| Dominic Raab is no longer foreign secretary and Gavin Williamson has been sacked as education secretary by the PM | Dominic Raab is no longer foreign secretary and Gavin Williamson has been sacked as education secretary by the PM |
| Losers from the reshuffle include Mr Williamson, who has faced repeated opposition calls to quit, or be sacked, over his handling of disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. | Losers from the reshuffle include Mr Williamson, who has faced repeated opposition calls to quit, or be sacked, over his handling of disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. |
| He said he was "proud" of the "transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education: in further education colleges, our skills agenda, apprenticeships and more". | He said he was "proud" of the "transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education: in further education colleges, our skills agenda, apprenticeships and more". |
| Who is Dominic Raab? | Who is Dominic Raab? |
| Nadine Dorries becomes new culture secretary | Nadine Dorries becomes new culture secretary |
| Liz Truss: fast track to foreign secretary | Liz Truss: fast track to foreign secretary |
| For Labour, shadow education secretary Kate Green said Mr Williamson had "failed children and young people, their parents and our hard-working education staff throughout one of the most testing periods in our history". | For Labour, shadow education secretary Kate Green said Mr Williamson had "failed children and young people, their parents and our hard-working education staff throughout one of the most testing periods in our history". |
| Robert Buckland also looks set for a return to the backbenches after being replaced by Mr Raab as justice secretary and Lord Chancellor. | Robert Buckland also looks set for a return to the backbenches after being replaced by Mr Raab as justice secretary and Lord Chancellor. |
| Nadine Dorries has been promoted to the cabinet for the first time | Nadine Dorries has been promoted to the cabinet for the first time |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani said Mr Buckland was a respected figure in the legal profession, but leaves office with 58,000 serious criminal cases waiting to come to a Crown Court. | BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani said Mr Buckland was a respected figure in the legal profession, but leaves office with 58,000 serious criminal cases waiting to come to a Crown Court. |
| Labour's shadow justice secretary David Lammy said: "Appointing a failed foreign secretary who was fired for being missing in action to be the sixth justice secretary in six years shows how little this government cares about victims of crime." | Labour's shadow justice secretary David Lammy said: "Appointing a failed foreign secretary who was fired for being missing in action to be the sixth justice secretary in six years shows how little this government cares about victims of crime." |