Home/Politics/By the way, there was another scary headline this week. It was this: Church of England Apologises For Abuse At Children’s Home. Young, vulnerable girls in ‘care’ were drugged, locked up and physically and sexually abused during the 60s, 70s and 80s. All I’m saying is, religion doesn’t guarantee standards. I’ll leave it there.
By the way, there was another scary headline this week. It was this: Church of England Apologises For Abuse At Children’s Home. Young, vulnerable girls in ‘care’ were drugged, locked up and physically and sexually abused during the 60s, 70s and 80s. All I’m saying is, religion doesn’t guarantee standards. I’ll leave it there.
These are the Tories who will join Theresa May around the Cabinet table for the first meeting chaired by a woman PM at No.10 Downing Street in 26 years.
She stamped her power from the start as she ditched George Osborne as Chancellor, leaving him to slip out Number 10's back gate with his reputation in tatters.
Tory big guns Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan and John Whittingdale were also sacked in quick succession in a brutal piece of justice for the backstabbing Justice Secretary.
But Jeremy Hunt, whose catastrophic handling of the junior doctors' strike enraged tens of thousands of NHS staff, grinned, waved and trolled critics on Twitter as he kept his job as Health Secretary.
And Boris Johnson has popped eyes out of their sockets across Westminster by being made Foreign Secretary. He once called black people "piccaninnies".
Leadership rival Andrea Leadsom was rewarded with a new job as Environment Secretary despite wanting to bring back fox hunting.
And
Priti Patel became head of the Department for International
Development, which controls foreign aid, despite suggesting three years
ago it should be scrapped.
Two of the biggest promotions went to
rising female stars, with Liz Truss made Justice Secretary and Justine
Greening made Education Secretary.
And Mrs May's former Home
Office colleagues were rewarded for their loyalty with James
Brokenshire, Karen Bradley and Damian Green all making the top table.
Things were not so lucky for Stephen Crabb, who quit as Work and Pensions Secretary after just a few months 'for his family'.
Here is the changing of the guard in full.
IN CHARGE
Theresa May
WAS: Home Secretary NOW: Prime Minister
Carl Court
Theresa May started assembling her new Cabinet within minutes of becoming PM
Worked at the Bank of England before politics - respected for holding
the role of Home Secretary for six years and handling every crisis
coolly, calmly and confidently. Won the job of PM in a 'coronation'
based on the votes of 199 MPs after rival Andrea Leadsom dropped out.
NEW
Boris Johnson
WAS: Political Cabinet (not an actual Cabinet job) NOW: Foreign Secretary
Getty
Boris Johnson was a surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary
The former London Mayor and leader of the Brexit
campaign has come out on top - after bowing out of the running against
Theresa May to be PM and a decidedly disastrous week. Nick Clegg
described him last year as "like Donald Trump with a thesaurus" and Mrs
May mocked him over his decision to buy water cannon for London less
than two weeks ago. It means the man who called black people “flag-waving piccaninnies” with "watermelon smiles", picked on Barack Obama's "part-Kenyan" heritage and floored a schoolboy in Japan is now charge of Britain’s diplomatic relations. Have your say in the comments section below
Liam Fox
WAS: Nothing NOW: International Trade Secretary (new job)
OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
Liam Fox will be Britain's first International Trade Secretary
Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox was made International Trade
Secretary five years after he quit amid a row involving trips on which
he brought his aide. Close friend Adam Werritty accompanied the
then-Cabinet minister to several meetings for reasons that were never
made clear. Mr Fox came fifth out out five in the leadership contest Mrs
May won.
David Davis
WAS: Nothing NOW: Brexit Secretary (new job)
Jack Taylor
David Davis is back in the Cabinet as Brexit Secretary
The ex-leadership contender was promoted from the backbenches to the new job of Brexit Secretary, despite campaigning against Mrs May's snooper's charter.
Damian Green
WAS: On the backbench
NOW: Work and Pensions Secretary
PA
As a former Immigration Minister, and a backbencher since
2014, he has previously served under Theresa May in a high-profile job.
This is his reward - but the job of Work and Pensions Secretary is a
poisoned chalice that claimed Iain Duncan Smith.
Andrea Leadsom
WAS: Energy minister (not Cabinet)
NOW: Environment Secretary
Leadsom's much-debated CV
can legitimately note that she was the last rival standing against May
for the leadership. She enjoyed a short and acrimonious leadership
campaign before stepping down after that whole 'motherhood' row.
Oh, and she claims she spoke directly to God. If that's not enough,
Britain now has an environment secretary who wants to bring back fox
hunting.
Gavin Williamson
WAS: Parliamentary Private Secretary
NOW: Chief Whip
Was the PM’s eyes and ears as his Parliamentary Private
Secretary, the most junior type of role on a frontbench team. His
promotion to party enforcer is a huge leap for the 40-year-old
businessman and Tory activist who became an MP in 2010. And it could
give Mrs May some valuable continuity between her new broom and the
cool, calm regime of Mr Cameron. He told journalists he was “very
surprised and very privileged”.
James Brokenshire
WAS: Immigration Minister
NOW: Northern Ireland Secretary
Reuters
A Theresa May loyalist who has held back from promising EU citizens can stay in Britain after Brexit.
Priti Patel
WAS:Employment Minister
NOW: Secretary of State for International Development
Went to Watford Grammar School. Very right wing, pro hanging
- and in the last week has been widely tipped for a key role in the new
Cabinet. She memorably called for the department she now works at to be
abolished and combined with a trade department three years ago. Just
the right person to oversee foreign aid.
David Gauke
WAS: Financial Secretary to the Treasury (not Cabinet)
NOW: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Dan Kitwood
An Ipswich Town fan and solicitor -
not neccesarily in that order - the MP for South West Hertfordshire
went to Oxford. In Westminster circles he wears the phrase 'Uncork the
Gauke!' as a badge of honour due to all the times George Osborne wheeled
him out to defend the government. Now he can uncork the champagne.
David Lidington
WAS: Europe Minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Leader of the Commons
Rex
He was, until recent events transpired, the longest serving
Europe Minister in British history. The Leader of the House takes
‘business questions’, which is an often-entertaining back and forth
under the pretence of discussing Commons scheduling. The post is usually
held by someone funny and charismatic. A tradition which was put on
hold while Chris Grayling was in post...
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
WAS: Nothing NOW: Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans has been appointed Leader of the House of Lords
Former deputy director of Michael Gove's think tank Policy Exchange,
who is just 40 and only joined the House of Lords in September 2014, an
addition by David Cameron.
Karen Bradley
WAS: Home Office minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Culture Secretary
Rex
A big promotion for Ms Bradley, who was a junior Home Office minister
under May, and will be sitting around the Cabinet table for the first
time in her career.
Ben Gummer
WAS: Home Office minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Cabinet Office Minister
The 38-year-old's been an MP for six years but he'll be forever known
as the son of John Gummer. As agriculture minister under Thatcher and
Major, Gummer Senior fed Ben's sister a burger (aged four) at the height
of mad cow disease to prove British beef was safe.
PROMOTED
Philip Hammond
WAS: Foreign Secretary NOW: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Philip Hammond was seen as a safe (if dull) pair of hands as Foreign Secretary
Greyest man in politics since John Major. Made an estimated £8million
in property development. At school with Richard Madeley, he was a
Guardian-reading goth - though he insists his choice of newspaper was
the Financial Times.
Amber Rudd
WAS: Energy and Climate Change Secretary NOW: Home Secretary
Getty
A woman follows Theresa May into the top job at the Home Office - Amber Rudd
Tory moderate who was “aristocracy co-ordinator” for Four Weddings
and a Funeral and was married to journalist AA Gill. She made her name
with a tub-thumping performance on the Remain campaign packed by Mrs
May. Her appointment puts women in two of the four 'great offices of
state'.
Leadership rival Andrea Leadsom was rewarded with a new job as Environment Secretary despite wanting to bring back fox hunting.
And
Priti Patel became head of the Department for International
Development, which controls foreign aid, despite suggesting three years
ago it should be scrapped.
Two of the biggest promotions went to
rising female stars, with Liz Truss made Justice Secretary and Justine
Greening made Education Secretary.
And Mrs May's former Home
Office colleagues were rewarded for their loyalty with James
Brokenshire, Karen Bradley and Damian Green all making the top table.
Things were not so lucky for Stephen Crabb, who quit as Work and Pensions Secretary after just a few months 'for his family'.
Here is the changing of the guard in full.
IN CHARGE
Theresa May
WAS: Home Secretary NOW: Prime Minister
Carl Court
Theresa May started assembling her new Cabinet within minutes of becoming PM
Worked at the Bank of England before politics - respected for holding
the role of Home Secretary for six years and handling every crisis
coolly, calmly and confidently. Won the job of PM in a 'coronation'
based on the votes of 199 MPs after rival Andrea Leadsom dropped out.
NEW
Boris Johnson
WAS: Political Cabinet (not an actual Cabinet job) NOW: Foreign Secretary
Getty
Boris Johnson was a surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary
The former London Mayor and leader of the Brexit
campaign has come out on top - after bowing out of the running against
Theresa May to be PM and a decidedly disastrous week. Nick Clegg
described him last year as "like Donald Trump with a thesaurus" and Mrs
May mocked him over his decision to buy water cannon for London less
than two weeks ago. It means the man who called black people “flag-waving piccaninnies” with "watermelon smiles", picked on Barack Obama's "part-Kenyan" heritage and floored a schoolboy in Japan is now charge of Britain’s diplomatic relations. Have your say in the comments section below
Liam Fox
WAS: Nothing NOW: International Trade Secretary (new job)
OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
Liam Fox will be Britain's first International Trade Secretary
Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox was made International Trade
Secretary five years after he quit amid a row involving trips on which
he brought his aide. Close friend Adam Werritty accompanied the
then-Cabinet minister to several meetings for reasons that were never
made clear. Mr Fox came fifth out out five in the leadership contest Mrs
May won.
David Davis
WAS: Nothing NOW: Brexit Secretary (new job)
Jack Taylor
David Davis is back in the Cabinet as Brexit Secretary
The ex-leadership contender was promoted from the backbenches to the new job of Brexit Secretary, despite campaigning against Mrs May's snooper's charter.
Damian Green
WAS: On the backbench
NOW: Work and Pensions Secretary
PA
As a former Immigration Minister, and a backbencher since
2014, he has previously served under Theresa May in a high-profile job.
This is his reward - but the job of Work and Pensions Secretary is a
poisoned chalice that claimed Iain Duncan Smith.
Andrea Leadsom
WAS: Energy minister (not Cabinet)
NOW: Environment Secretary
Leadsom's much-debated CV
can legitimately note that she was the last rival standing against May
for the leadership. She enjoyed a short and acrimonious leadership
campaign before stepping down after that whole 'motherhood' row.
Oh, and she claims she spoke directly to God. If that's not enough,
Britain now has an environment secretary who wants to bring back fox
hunting.
Gavin Williamson
WAS: Parliamentary Private Secretary
NOW: Chief Whip
Was the PM’s eyes and ears as his Parliamentary Private
Secretary, the most junior type of role on a frontbench team. His
promotion to party enforcer is a huge leap for the 40-year-old
businessman and Tory activist who became an MP in 2010. And it could
give Mrs May some valuable continuity between her new broom and the
cool, calm regime of Mr Cameron. He told journalists he was “very
surprised and very privileged”.
James Brokenshire
WAS: Immigration Minister
NOW: Northern Ireland Secretary
Reuters
A Theresa May loyalist who has held back from promising EU citizens can stay in Britain after Brexit.
Priti Patel
WAS:Employment Minister
NOW: Secretary of State for International Development
Went to Watford Grammar School. Very right wing, pro hanging
- and in the last week has been widely tipped for a key role in the new
Cabinet. She memorably called for the department she now works at to be
abolished and combined with a trade department three years ago. Just
the right person to oversee foreign aid.
David Gauke
WAS: Financial Secretary to the Treasury (not Cabinet)
NOW: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Dan Kitwood
An Ipswich Town fan and solicitor -
not neccesarily in that order - the MP for South West Hertfordshire
went to Oxford. In Westminster circles he wears the phrase 'Uncork the
Gauke!' as a badge of honour due to all the times George Osborne wheeled
him out to defend the government. Now he can uncork the champagne.
David Lidington
WAS: Europe Minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Leader of the Commons
Rex
He was, until recent events transpired, the longest serving
Europe Minister in British history. The Leader of the House takes
‘business questions’, which is an often-entertaining back and forth
under the pretence of discussing Commons scheduling. The post is usually
held by someone funny and charismatic. A tradition which was put on
hold while Chris Grayling was in post...
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
WAS: Nothing NOW: Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans has been appointed Leader of the House of Lords
Former deputy director of Michael Gove's think tank Policy Exchange,
who is just 40 and only joined the House of Lords in September 2014, an
addition by David Cameron.
Karen Bradley
WAS: Home Office minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Culture Secretary
Rex
A big promotion for Ms Bradley, who was a junior Home Office minister
under May, and will be sitting around the Cabinet table for the first
time in her career.
Ben Gummer
WAS: Home Office minister (not Cabinet) NOW: Cabinet Office Minister
REUTERS
The 38-year-old's been an MP for six years but he'll be forever known
as the son of John Gummer. As agriculture minister under Thatcher and
Major, Gummer Senior fed Ben's sister a burger (aged four) at the height
of mad cow disease to prove British beef was safe.
PROMOTED
Philip Hammond
WAS: Foreign Secretary NOW: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Reuters
Philip Hammond was seen as a safe (if dull) pair of hands as Foreign Secretary
Greyest man in politics since John Major. Made an estimated £8million
in property development. At school with Richard Madeley, he was a
Guardian-reading goth - though he insists his choice of newspaper was
the Financial Times.
Amber Rudd
WAS: Energy and Climate Change Secretary NOW: Home Secretary
Getty
A woman follows Theresa May into the top job at the Home Office - Amber Rudd
Tory moderate who was “aristocracy co-ordinator” for Four Weddings
and a Funeral and was married to journalist AA Gill. She made her name
with a tub-thumping performance on the Remain campaign packed by Mrs
May. Her appointment puts women in two of the four 'great offices of
state'.
Liz Truss is state-educated and a champion of British cheese
Brought up in a left-wing household and state-educated. Has
made a big deal in the past about championing British cheese in a famous
viral video of her Tory conference speech. Complaining too much cheese
was imported, she bellowed: "That is a disgrace!" She beamed outside 10
Downing Street as she became the first promotion.
Justine Greening
WAS: International Development Secretary NOW: Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities
Carl Court
Justine Greening is one of few Tories to “get” the North
Plain-speaking former accountant. Brought up
in Rotherham and educated at comprehensive school, she is one of few
Tories to “get” the North. Her high point came during this year's Pride
festival in London when she won plaudits for revealing she has a
same-sex partner.
Chris Grayling
WAS: Leader of the House of Commons NOW: Transport Secretary
Phil Harris/Daily Mirror
Grayling was 'official cheerleader in chief' for May during her
leadership campaign. Might he have expected to be rewarded with
something a little more fancy than Transport? The Tory bruiser who
worked for Channel 4 went to Wycombe Grammar. He wasn't popular among
fellow ministers in the last Government and five of his big policies in
the Justice department were overturned by Michael Gove.
RESHUFFLED
Sajid Javid
WAS: Business Secretary NOW: Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
WENN
Son of a Pakistani-born bus driver. A proud Thatcherite, he went to
state school in Bristol before making a fortune as an investment banker
with Deutsche Bank.
Said to be worth £3million. Provoked fury by
taking his daughter on a business trip to Australia while Britain's
steel industry collapsed.
Greg Clark
WAS: Communities & Local Government Secretary
NOW: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
PA
The Business and Energy departments have
been merged in May's first shake-up of government structure. Clark, the
former Communities Secretary, will oversee this new department. A Tory
from the “soggy left” who was a former Social Democrat. Born in
Middlesbrough, he went to the local comprehensive. Worked at the BBC.
Patrick McLoughlin
WAS: Transport Secretary NOW: Conservative Party Chairman
Phil Harris / Daily Mirror
Ex farm worker Patrick McLoughlin has been made Conservative Party Chairman
A farm worker before a miner. Proud to be a “Tory scab” during the Miners’ Strike.
OUT
George Osborne
WAS: Chancellor NOW: Nothing
Getty
George Osborne took the back door out of Number 11...after reportedly being sacked
Although he often stood in for David Cameron at PM’s questions - and before the start of the year was widely tipped to take over - the privately-educated son of wallpaper tycoon will not feature in the new Government.
Michael Gove
WAS:Lord Chancellor & Justice Secretary
PA
Michael Gove stood against Theresa May for the Tory leadership
Under Cameron he returned to the top table after going from Education
Secretary to chief whip. The former journalist became unpopular after
stabbing Boris Johnson in the back after their Brexit win - and then stood against Theresa May for the top job.
Nicky Morgan
WAS: Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
Getty
Nicky Morgan worked as a corporate lawyer before becoming an MP in 2010
Tory moderniser who was dubbed Mrs U-turn for reversing so
many of Michael Gove’s policies. Worked as a corporate lawyer before
becoming an MP in 2010.
John Whittingdale
WAS: Culture Secretary
Rex
John Whittingdale was former adviser to Margaret Thatcher
Former adviser to Margaret Thatcher has
stepped down. Went to Sherborne private school. A heavy metal fan. Was
tainted by a furore over lurid stories about his relationship with a
dominatrix.
Oliver Letwin
WAS:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Ben Pruchnie
Oliver Letwin was previously tasked with the early stages of Brexit planning
Went to Eton. Some say he is so bright he was educated out of his
wits. He was tasked with putting together some of the early stages of Brexit planning - but whether he'll stay in that role after the Department of Brexit is set up remains to be seen.
Best known for dropping sensitive papers in the bin.
Theresa Villiers
WAS: Northern Ireland Secretary
Peter Nicholls/Reuters
Theresa Villiers has resigned from Government
Privately educated former lawyer and MEP - the 'other'
Theresa was a surprise survivor of Cameron's last reshuffle. She has
resigned from Government after rejecting a role she was offered.
Baroness Stowell
WAS: Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Dan Kitwood
Baroness Stowell of Beeston had a reputation for keeping the posh boys in line
No-nonsense state school-educated civil servant with a popular touch -
who earned a reputation for keeping the posh boys in line.
Stephen Crabb
WAS: Work and Pensions Secretary
Reuters
Sociable working-class Tory brought up in
Wales and comprehensive-school educated. Worked in voluntary sector.
Dropped out of standing against Theresa May for the top job despite his
rapid ascent to welfare chief when IDS quit. He resigned despite
visiting Downing Street, saying he had taken the decision “in the best
interests of my family”. The 43-year-old married father of two stood to be Tory leader but dropped out after coming second last in the first round of voting. It was reported at the weekend he had sent sex messages to a young woman on WhatsApp
saying he ‘wanted to kiss her everywhere’. The MP for Preseli
Pembrokeshire had served as Welsh Secretary until Iain Duncan Smith’s
dramatic resignation in March.
Mark Harper
WAS:Chief Whip NOW: Nothing
A chartered accountant educated at fee-paying Surbiton High School.
STAYING PUT
Michael Fallon
WAS: Defence Secretary STILL: Defence Secretary
Getty Images
Michael Fallon (l) will remain as Defence Secretary
Privately educated. He's survived previous reshuffles despite a
series of election blunders. Made money in the City. Dull but loyal. And
he'll carry on being dull but loyal.
Jeremy Hunt
WAS:Health Secretary STILL:Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's handling of the junior doctors' strike has been widely criticised
Made a fortune from his Hotcourses business and said to be worth
£5million. Went to Charterhouse private school. His meek manner belies a
ruthless streak.
Alun Cairns
WAS: Welsh Secretary STILL:Welsh Secretary
Western Mail
Fluent in Welsh, he worked for Lloyds Banking Group before politics.
David Mundell
WAS: Scottish Secretary STILL:Scottish Secretary
He
was only previously promoted to the Cabinet by dint of being the only
Tory MP in Scotland. He still is. Worked for BT but unlikely to get many
calls.
Lord Taylor
WAS: Lords Chief Whip STILL: Lords Chief Whip
Jeremy Wright
WAS:Attorney General STILL:Attorney General
Unremarkable Tory appointed because he will not rock the boat. Privately educated.
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