The Prime Minister says that she intends to serve a full term and is “getting on with the immediate job”.
Oh, and Timothy and Hill should be moved on from being co-Chiefs of Staff – the former to head up policy, the latter press.
Doing so would at guarantee continuity to her negotiation planning, and free Johnson to do what he does best without distraction – namely, campaigning.
His appointments will further deepen concern among the Parliamentary Labour Party that he isn’t that interested in winning.
Responsibility for social care has been downgraded from a Minister of State post to the bottom rung on the Ministerial ladder, Under Secretary.
Where there was discord, she has brought harmony.
Cabinet, junior ministers, and whips.
Plus some more names of those who are leaving the Government.
May’s shuffle continues.
We post the latest ministerial appointments as we get them.
It is bold, radical and Brexiteering – sweeping in ambition, severe in spirit, loyalist in composition and almost entirely devoid of the spirit of reconciliation.
Plus: I tip him as Brexit Secretary, and just look what happens next.
News and analysis as it happens.
He says Health Secretary is “the best job in Government”.