Andrew Murrison says he is no longer Middle East and North Africa minister and wishes his successor good luck.

He says it was a "huge privilege" to have served the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development.

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The Liberal Democrats have attacked Boris Johnson's decision to appoint Suella Braverman as the new Attorney General.

Highlighting recent comments made by Ms Braverman, external, the party's justice spokeswoman, Daisy Cooper, says the choice is "the latest shocking step in Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’ assault on the rule of law".

She adds: "Like Johnson and Cummings, Suella Braverman clearly believes that Tory Ministers should be above the law. That makes her unfit to serve as attorney general.

“Liberal Democrats will not allow this dangerous, authoritarian Conservative government to undermine the rule of law and erode individual rights and freedoms.”

Ms Braverman replaces Geoffrey Cox, who was asked to resign by the PM.

Former chancellor Sajid Javid says it has been "a huge honour to serve as chancellor".

Sajid Javid says he was "left with no option" but to resign from his job after the conditions put on it by Boris Johnson.

The former chancellor left his post earlier today in the middle of the reshuffle, taking Westminster by surprise.

He tells the BBC it had been a "huge honour to serve as chancellor", adding: "While I was very pleased that the prime minister wanted to reappoint me, I was unable to accept the conditions that he had attached.

"So I felt I was left with no option other than to resign."

Mr Javid confirms the conditions requested by the PM meant he would have to get rid of all of his own political advisors.

He adds: "These are people that have worked incredibly hard on behalf of, not just the government, but the whole country, [and] have done a fantastic job.

"I was unable to accept those conditions. I don't believe any self-respecting minister would accept such conditions and so therefore I felt the best thing to do was to go."

But despite the episode, he says his successor, Rishi Sunak, has his "full support", as does the prime minister and the government.

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Mark Spencer has kept his job as chief whip - he was originally appointed to the role in July 2019.

Spads, by the way, is Westminster shorthand for "special advisers", who advise senior ministers on policy.

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Labour's John McDonnell says today's reshuffle has been "absolute chaos".

The shadow chancellor tells the BBC that losing Sajid Javid just eight weeks after a general election "doesn't demonstrate strength [but] demonstrates that you are mismanaging the whole operation".

Sources have told the BBC that Mr Javid resigned after he was told by the PM and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, that he would have to fire all his staff.

Mr McDonnell says that it is "worrying" the former chancellor lost that fight to an un-elected adviser.

He warns the new man in the job, Rishi Sunak, will "effectively be Dominic Cummings' deputy" and the chief adviser would be running the Treasury - a situation he calls "extraordinary".

"I think the prime minister has let this get out of control," adds the shadow chancellor.

"The Treasury's role is to ensure that sound decisions are made, particularly about the costing of policies and the way funds are allocated, and then properly administered.

"What we have got now is a senior adviser in No 10 running the Treasury, which I think at the end of the day could cause real problems in terms of sound government and sound decision making."

So what should Boris Johnson do?

"The prime minister has got to wake up," says Mr McDonnell.

"He has got to go beyond cracking a few jokes and bouncing around in publicity stunts. This is about the sound management of government and I am afraid he has failed so far."

Jacob Rees-Mogg remains as Commons leader, a post he has had since July last year.

The job involves scheduling government business in the House of Commons and working with the Opposition and other parties to provide time for backbench business.

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He was Brexit secretary until the UK left the EU on 31 January.

Now, Stephen Barclay takes on Rishi Sunak's former role of Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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Simon Hart keeps his role as the Cabinet reshuffle continues.

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Brandon Lewis replaces Julian Smith as secretary of state for Northern Ireland.

He was a minister at the Home Office.

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Alister Jack has kept his job as Scotland secretary, No 10 confirms.

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After speculation that Ben Wallace would be losing his job, No 10 has confirmed he is staying on as defence secretary.

On Wednesday, he seemed uncertain about his future, having cancelled a trip to an international security conference in Munich.

And asked if he thought he would be sacked, he replied: "Who knows?"

But now he appears to have the full confidence of Boris Johnson.

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As expected, Grant Shapps is staying put as transport secretary.

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One of today's early surprises in the reshuffle was the sacking of Julian Smith as Northern Ireland secretary.

He has received praise from politicians across the political spectrum.

But the leader of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, is worried about the lack of continuity in the role and wants to talk to his successor "urgently".

Speaking in Dublin, she says: "Obviously for us, whoever the secretary of state is, we will deal with them. It does help if you have some level of continuity in terms of the person you are dealing with.

"We had very intensive contact with Julian Smith in the re-establishment of the power-sharing government and there are very many outstanding issues, not least on the issue of legacy, where the British system has dragged its feet.

"We had commitments from Julian Smith that he would move fairly swiftly on these matters."

Ms McDonald says she is "concerned at the sacking", saying it could be "the British state rowing back on dealing with issues of legacy".

She adds: "[There are] families who have suffered, and suffer still, and in many cases have waited for decades for answers.

"We wait to see who Julian Smith's replacement is and we wish to meet with them as a matter of urgency."