Our new Prime Minister Theresa May, and her cabinet...

Titanic said:

Steven Crabb has resigned from Work and Pensions, 'in the interests of his family' (to save them further embarrassment over recent sexting revelations?)

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Titanic said:

David Lidington – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Privy Council.

Jeremy Wright is to remain as Attorney General.

I think that is the lot now... IDS has vanished without trace

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Titanic said:

I think that is the lot now... IDS has vanished without trace

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Gwylan said:

Didn't IDS resign from the government a few months ago? I can't imagine he was in a hurry to come back straight away

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Titanic said:

That's the one, yes. Would have been hard to see him working in cabinet with Justine Greening.

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Machiavelli said:

This, from Robert Peston, looks like a good analysis:

So what have we learned about Theresa May in the past 48 hours?

1) If you thought David Cameron was tough and ruthless, he was a pussycat compared with Theresa May. Barely through the door of 10 Downing Street, she sacked George Osborne, Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan and John Whittingdale.

2) She is no sentimentalist, and backing her does not guarantee big rewards. Perhaps her most prominent cheerleader, Chris Grayling, has been given the job of Transport secretary and the fraught decision on where to place London's new runway. "Chalice" and "poison" spring to mind.

3) To slightly rework Bloomberg reporter Rob Hutton, her catchphrase could be "You Brexit, you fix it". All the jobs whose purpose is to make a success of leaving the EU have gone to prominent Leavers, namely Boris Johnson, David Davis, Liam Fox and Andrea Leadsom. If it all goes horribly wrong, it'll be their fault. That said, we the electorate may not make that nice distinction, and will probably blame her.

4) She is not as cautious as her reputation. Promoting the mercurial Boris Johnson, whose charisma is matched by his outspokenness, will not give her an easy life as PM.

5) She is not as committed to gender equality as her briefings claimed a couple of days ago. There aren't conspicuously more big jobs held by women than under Cameron (except for May's own, of course).

6) Her rhetoric is more left-wing than Cameron's was, her cabinet is more right wing than his was. It is not at all clear how this tension will play out.

7) She has learned the lesson of history that prime ministers have only once chance to sweep away the old guard. She has done that with a vengeance. Cameron's "chumocracy" is in the dustbin of history. Something like 90% of cabinet jobs have changed hands. And she has changed the structure of government departments more radically than any PM in decades (though Brexit forced that to an extent).

8) The Tory cabinet is again peopled by meritocratic products of state schools. Johnson is the last Etonian standing.

Finally she seems to be taking a punt that the Brexit-induced blow to business and consumer confidence can be offset by talking up an infrastructure and housing boom funded by increased government borrowing.

Treasury and Bank of England officials will be feeling slightly queasy about this - especially at a time when our overseas creditors are worried about our post Brexit credit-worthiness.

Or to put it all another way, she is certainly a Conservative but not apparently a small "c" one.

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Not Andy Naylor said:

Damian's a friend of a friend of mine. I've met him a few times and he seems okay for a Tory (which isn't saying much). Reading fan, who actually attends matches regularly.

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Danny-Boy said:

So he won't have to deal with the "Southern franchise" crisis then...

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• Rt Hon Theresa May MP**

• Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP**
• Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon David Gauke MP***
• Financial Secretary – Jane Ellison MP
• Economic Secretary – Simon Kirby MP†
• Commercial Secretary – Lord O’Neill of Gatley*

• Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP**
• Minister of State – Brandon Lewis MP
• Minister of State – Ben Wallace MP
• Minister of State – Robert Goodwill MP
• Minister of State – Baroness Williams of Trafford
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sarah Newton MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)*

• Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP**
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Department for International Development)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tobias Ellwood MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Alok Sharma MP

• Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP**
• Minister of State – Mike Penning MP
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)*
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Lancaster TD MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Harriett Baldwin MP

• Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice* **– Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP**
• Minister of State – Sir Oliver Heald QC MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Sam Gyimah MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Phillip Lee MP

• Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP**
• Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
• Minister of State – Nick Gibb MP
• Minister of State – Edward Timpson MP
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Nash*
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Dinenage MP

• Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Rt Hon David Davis MP**
• Minister of State – Rt Hon David Jones MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bridges of Headley MBE
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Robin Walker MP

• Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Liam Fox MP**
• Minister of State – Lord Price CVO
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Mark Garnier MP

• Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP**
• Minister of State – Jo Johnson MP (jointly with the Department for Education)
• Minister of State – Nick Hurd MP
• Minister of State – Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Margot James MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Jesse Norman MP

• Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP**
• Minister of State – Philip Dunne MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Nicola Blackwood MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – David Mowat MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Prior of Brampton

• Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon Damian Green MP**
• Minister of State – Penny Mordaunt MP
• Minister of State – Damian Hinds MP
• Minister of State – Lord Freud*
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Caroline Nokes MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Richard Harrington MP

• Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP**
• Minister of State – Rt Hon John Hayes MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Paul Maynard MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State * – Andrew Jones MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

• Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP**
• Minister of State – Gavin Barwell MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Andrew Percy MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Marcus Jones MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Wales Office)

• Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon David Lidington MP**
• Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) * – Michael Ellis MP (and Assistant Whip (paid))

• Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park**
• Deputy Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Earl Howe (and Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence)*

• Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon David Mundell MP**
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Northern Ireland Office)

• Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP**
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Guto Bebb MP (and Government Whip (paid))
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government)

• Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP**
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Kris Hopkins MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Dunlop (jointly with the Scotland Office)

• Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP**
• Minister of State – George Eustice MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Thérèse Coffey MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Lord Gardiner of Kimble

• Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP**
• Minister of State – Rory Stewart OBE MP
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – James Wharton MP

• Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP***
• Parliamentary Secretary – Chris Skidmore MP

• Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP**
• Minister of State – Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Tracey Crouch MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Rob Wilson MP
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Baroness Shields OBE (jointly with the Home Office)*
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Lord in Waiting (paid))

• Attorney General – Jeremy Wright MP***
• Solicitor General – Robert Buckland MP
• Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Keen of Elie QC

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP***
• Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
• Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) – Mel Stride MP
• Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) – Julian Smith MP

• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – David Evennett MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guto Bebb MP (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office*)
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Stephen Barclay MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Guy Opperman MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Robert Syms MP
• Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) – Andrew Griffiths MP*

• Assistant Government Whip – Jackie Doyle-Price MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Graham Stuart MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Heather Wheeler MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Chris Heaton-Harris MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Mark Spencer MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Christopher Pincher MP
• Assistant Government Whip – Steve Brine MP*
• Assistant Government Whip – Michael Ellis MP (and a Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Leader of the Commons*)

• Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE
• Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip) – Earl of Courtown

• Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
• Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Goldie DL
• Baroness in Waiting – Baroness Mobarik CBE
• Lord in Waiting – Lord Ashton of Hyde (and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport*)

• Lord in Waiting – Viscount Younger of Leckie

• Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen as spokesperson on Cabinet Office business in the House of Lords
• Lord Keen of Elie QC as spokesperson on Ministry of Justice business in the House of Lords
• Lord Younger of Leckie as spokesperson on Higher Education business in the House of Lords.
• George Hollingbery MP as the Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary

• Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP
• Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
• Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
• Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
• Rt Hon George Osborne MP
• Rt Hon Baroness Stowell
• Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
• Rt Hon John Whittingdale
• Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
• Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP
• Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP
• Rt Hon Mark Francois MP – appointed by the Prime Minister to conduct a review into the use of reserves in the Army.
• George Freeman MP – appointed as Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board
• Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP
• Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP
• Baroness Altman CBE
• Nick Boles MP
• Julian Brazier MP
• James Duddridge MP
• Charlie Elphicke MP
• Lord Faulks QC
• John Penrose MP
• Claire Perry MP
• Dominc Raab MP
• Andrew Selous MP
• Justin Tomlinson MP
• Ed Vaizey MP
• Shailesh Vara MP
• Baroness Verma