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| Stephen Crabb tipped for Wales secretary job | Stephen Crabb tipped for Wales secretary job |
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| Stephen Crabb MP is being widely tipped for the Welsh secretary job after the serving minister David Jones was sacked. | Stephen Crabb MP is being widely tipped for the Welsh secretary job after the serving minister David Jones was sacked. |
| The Clwyd West MP was shown the door by Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as part of a cabinet reshuffle. | The Clwyd West MP was shown the door by Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as part of a cabinet reshuffle. |
| Mr Jones said he fully understood the decision and was not unhappy, adding: "The prime minister has my total support." | Mr Jones said he fully understood the decision and was not unhappy, adding: "The prime minister has my total support." |
| Mr Crabb arrived at Downing Street shortly after 10:00 BST. | |
| The Preseli Pembrokeshire MP is currently the deputy Wales minister. | |
| Monmouthshire MP David Davies tweeted he was sorry to hear Mr Jones had gone but said: "He did a superb job but so will Stephen Crabb who takes his place." | Monmouthshire MP David Davies tweeted he was sorry to hear Mr Jones had gone but said: "He did a superb job but so will Stephen Crabb who takes his place." |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart MP said: "From my point of view as a Pembrokeshire colleague I think it will put a bit of an important spotlight on our part of south west Wales. | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart MP said: "From my point of view as a Pembrokeshire colleague I think it will put a bit of an important spotlight on our part of south west Wales. |
| "All the years I've known Stephen, he's got a very shrewd brain. He understands business, he understands politics, he understands Wales and I think he will bring just a nice refreshing and different approach to the way politics is seen in Wales." | "All the years I've known Stephen, he's got a very shrewd brain. He understands business, he understands politics, he understands Wales and I think he will bring just a nice refreshing and different approach to the way politics is seen in Wales." |
| Mr Jones had succeeded his former Wales Office boss, Cheryl Gillan, in September 2012, and was the 16th secretary of state and the first to have been an AM, having sat in the Welsh assembly from 2002 to 2003. | Mr Jones had succeeded his former Wales Office boss, Cheryl Gillan, in September 2012, and was the 16th secretary of state and the first to have been an AM, having sat in the Welsh assembly from 2002 to 2003. |
| David Cornock, BBC Wales parliamentary correspondent, wrote in his blog that Mr Crabb would also be the first Conservative cabinet minister with a beard for more than a century. |