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Liz Truss 'to be environment secretary' in cabinet reshuffle Liz Truss 'to be environment secretary' in cabinet reshuffle
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Liz Truss looks set to join the cabinet as environment secretary, as part of David Cameron's reshuffle. Liz Truss looks set to join the cabinet as environment secretary in what is shaping up to be the biggest reshuffle of David Cameron's premiership.
The BBC's John Pienaar said she has been lined up to replace Owen Paterson, who has been sacked from the job. The 38-year-old education minister is one of several women tipped for top jobs as the PM freshens up his team.
Ms Truss, 38, has been an MP since 2010 and an education minister for two years. She is expected to be the first in a number of women promoted. Ken Clarke is among the old guard to have stood down and Foreign Secretary William Hague has moved to a lower profile role as Commons leader.
Ken Clarke is leaving the cabinet and William Hague is leaving the job of foreign secretary. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has taken over at the foreign office.
The prime minister is conducting his most wide-ranging reshuffle since taking office, with a series of notable ministerial departures announced on Monday. A string of retirements were announced overnight, with their replacements expected to be unveiled during the course of the morning.
Mr Hague has stepped down as foreign secretary after four years, taking the role of leader of the House of Commons. He has also said he will leave frontline politics after the 2015 general election. Women tipped for promotion include Treasury minister Nicky Morgan, work and pensions minister Esther McVey, whips Claire Perry and Amber Rudd and Priti Patel.
Mr Hague is expected to be succeeded by defence secretary Philip Hammond. Among other changes, it has been reported that former defence secretary Liam Fox could return to the government although this has yet to be confirmed.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has effectively being fired while former Commons leader Andrew Lansley has also left the government.
Conservative MPs to have lost or left their ministerial jobs include:
But the biggest name in the changes has been Mr Hague, who announced late on Monday that he had decided to step down as an MP at next year's general election after 26 years - including four turbulent years as Tory leader.
Until then he will be, as Mr Cameron put it, his "de facto political deputy" and leader of the House of Commons.
'Massacre of moderates'
Some see the expected appointment of Mr Hammond - who has said he could vote to leave the EU if the UK did not get the changes it wanted in a future re-negotiation - and the departure of Dominic Grieve as Attorney General as a shift towards a more Eurosceptic stance.
But Ken Clarke - the cabinet's most prominent Europhile - heading for ministerial retirement after a career in frontline politics that stretches back to the early 1970s dismissed such claims, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "If the whole thing is all about Europe then we really have gone mad."
He also praised Mr Cameron's decision to promote more women into frontline roles, saying it was long overdue.
AnalysisAnalysis
By Nick Robinson, BBC Political EditorBy Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor
On Monday the losers learnt their fate.On Monday the losers learnt their fate.
Now we will discover who are the winners in a reshuffle made more dramatic and more wide-ranging by the decision of William Hague to quit the post he has filled for four years.Now we will discover who are the winners in a reshuffle made more dramatic and more wide-ranging by the decision of William Hague to quit the post he has filled for four years.
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Ms Truss, who entered Parliament in 2010, is one of a number of leading female politicians set to be promoted, with some expected to join the Cabinet.
Other names tipped for promotion include Treasury minister Nicky Morgan, work and pensions minister Esther McVey, whips Claire Perry and Amber Rudd and Priti Patel.
Among other changes, it has been reported that former defence secretary Liam Fox could return to the government although this has yet to be confirmed.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has effectively being fired while former Commons leader Andrew Lansley and Attorney General Dominic Grieve had also left the government.
Other Conservative MPs to have lost or left their ministerial jobs include:
Labour has described the reshuffle as the "massacre of the moderates", claiming it marks a lurch to the right on Europe and a range of other issues.Labour has described the reshuffle as the "massacre of the moderates", claiming it marks a lurch to the right on Europe and a range of other issues.
Last year, Mr Hammond said he could contemplate the UK leaving the European Union if it did not get the changes it wanted in a future re-negotiation.