Summary

  • Boris Johnson is appointing his new cabinet team

  • Sajid Javid resigns and Rishi Sunak is appointed new chancellor

  • Alok Sharma new business secretary and head of UN climate summit

  • Esther McVey and Andrea Leadsom both lose their jobs

  • Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith is sacked

  1. How the cabinet is shaping up so farpublished at 15:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    A number of ministers have kept their jobs:

    • Gavin Williamson, education secretary
    • Therese Coffey, work and pensions secretary
    • Oliver Dowden, culture secretary
    • Liz Truss, international trade secretary
    • Matt Hancock, secretary of state for health and social care
    • Priti Patel, home secretary
    • Dominic Raab, foreign secretary
    • Michael Gove, Duchy of Lancaster
    • Robert Buckland, justice secretary

    Baroness Evans has also kept her job as leader of the House of Lords.

    Here are the new additions to the cabinet:

    • Rishi Sunak, chancellor
    • Anne-Marie Trevelyan is secretary of state for international development and will attend cabinet
    • Alok Sharma, business secretary and minister in charge of the climate conference, COP26
    • Suella Braverman is attorney general and will attend cabinet

    There are more announcements to come.

  2. What next for Brexit secretary?published at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Steve Barclay and Jacob Rees-Mogg arrive in Downing StreetImage source, Reuters
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    Steve Barclay and Jacob Rees-Mogg arrive in Downing Street

    The former Brexit Secretary, Steve Barclay, and Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, have arrived together in Downing Street.

    Mr Rees-Mogg waved to photographers before the pair headed inside No 10.

    Mr Barclay lost his job by default when his department shut down on 31 January.

    Could there be another role for him in Boris Johnson's cabinet?

    Deputy Chief Whip Amanda Milling has also been seen walking into No 10.

  3. New environment secretary told to get on Twitterpublished at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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  4. George Eustice named as environment secretarypublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    George Eustice is the new environment secretary.

    He was previously a minister in the department, but resigned in February 2019 over Brexit.

  5. Indian media highlight Sunak appointmentpublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Indian news outlets have given prominence to the news of Rishi Sunak’s appointment as chancellor in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle.

    Headlines on a number of websites, including the Financial Express, the Indian Express and the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency, focused on the fact that Mr Sunak is the son-in-law of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy, who co-founded Indian tech giant Infosys.

    The Financial Express’ report displayed a photo of Mr Murthy and not of the new chancellor.

    The Hindustan Times pointed out that Mr Sunak was the third minister of Indian origin to join the cabinet, alongside Priti Patel and Alok Sharma, and reported that 15 MPs of Indian origin had been elected to the House of Commons in December’s election.

    Describing Mr Sunak’s appointment as “a shock move in one of the biggest shakeups” since December’s general election, the Press Trust of India pointed out that Mr Sunak’s predecessor, Sajid Javid, was of Pakistani origin.

  6. Government to take on system of judicial review?published at 15:21 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    In last week's PMQs, new attorney general Suella Braverman raised the issue of the balance between Parliament and the courts.

    The Tory MP asked how the government will ensure that Parliament is the source of law, rather than judicial review.

    In response to the question, Boris Johnson replied: "She is right to stick up for the value of our legal system - we must protect judicial review.

    "We must also ensure it is not abused to conduct politics by other means or to create needless delay."

    The Spectator's James Forsyth noted the exchange at the time. He says this shows her appointment is a sign of things to come.

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  7. Jenrick stays as housing secretarypublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    Robert Jenrick - who is the first ever millennial to enter cabinet - gets to keep his job as the secretary for housing, communities and local government.

  8. More ministers head for the doorpublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    Brandon Lewis has gone into No 10

    Security Minister Brandon Lewis and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack have both gone into No 10.

  9. Williamson stays at educationpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    Gavin Williamson will remain as education secretary, No 10 has confirmed.

  10. Prince Charles jokes about getting in the way of reshuffle on visitpublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall on their visit to the Cabinet Office

    Prince Charles has joked about getting in the way of the reshuffle on a visit to Whitehall.

    The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall met senior civil servants and their staff at the Cabinet Office earlier, and praised their efforts over the past few busy years in politics.

    Speaking to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, at the end of the visit, Prince Charles said: "Both my wife and I, we did wonder whether it was quite the most sensible day to come.

    "We did say, 'please, we don't want to get in your way', but we were told it was all right."

    The prince said it was "fascinating" to see what is happening "in the heart of government", and reminisced about previous visits to Whitehall.

    "When I was much, much younger I remember spending a certain amount of time going round various departments," he added.

    "I was even able to spend the whole day at No 10 with the then-prime minister Mr (James) Callaghan, which was fascinating, you can imagine, at that stage in life."

  11. Braverman appointed attorney generalpublished at 14:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Suella BravermanImage source, Reuters

    Suella Braverman is the new attorney general, taking over from Geoffrey Cox.

  12. Ministers keep shtum as they enter No 10published at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Therese CoffeyImage source, Reuters

    More ministers are heading into No 10 with reporters throwing questions at them as they walk by.

    Asked if she was glad to be back in Downing Street, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said: "I'll see what the prime minister says."

    But it was good news for Ms Coffey, as we have just been told she is staying in post.

    She was followed through the famous black door by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

    Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick shrugged his shoulders when he was asked whether he wanted a promotion as he walked up to No 10.

    He followed agriculture and fisheries minister George Eustice, who went in a few minutes earlier.

    Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace have also arrived to see the prime minister.

    The Daily Telegraph today had a story on its front page saying Mr Wallace was facing the sack. Let's see...

  13. 'Daggers drawn for months between Javid and Cummings'published at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    Tim Shipman, political editor for the Sunday Times, says: "This all goes back to a desire for Number 10 to control things and it goes back to wanting loyalty."

    He says that for Boris Johnson during the Conservative Party leadership campaign, his "most important endorsement" was when "three of the bright young stars of the party" decided to go and back him - Rishi Sunak, Robert Jenrick and Oliver Dowden.

    "Those guys got behind Boris Johnson and now they are getting their reward."

    Sajid Javid and the PM's senior adviser Dominic Cummings "have been daggers drawn for months", he adds.

    They disagreed during the general election campaign about what the spending rules should be, he says.

    And, he says he was told that when Mr Javid believed the election was not going to result in a big Tory majority, the former chancellor was phoning his colleagues saying Mr Cummings needed to go. But Mr Javid has denied this.

    "But people around Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings included, believes Javid was trying to get him fired."

    On the hiring of Mr Sunak, he says: "The speed with which Sunak was appointed means that this was precisely the plan they had.

    "Sunak won’t be a yes man but he’s certainly someone who's more closely on the same page as this regime."

  14. Analysis: All about powerpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Vicki Young
    Chief Political Correspondent

    We were told it was going to be a pretty modest reshuffle - that is not how it’s turned out.

    Sajid Javid going in today to see the prime minister, presumably fully expecting to come out as chancellor.

    But he was told you can stay on terms I think were impossible for him to accept.

    He was told that there was going to be a new arrangement whereby Number 10 and Number 11 were going to work much more closely together – meaning in effect Number 10 wants to take control of all of this.

    And also that Mr Javid would have to get rid of his own advisers and there will be a joint team of advisers.

    It’s all about power and where power lies.

    There’s a history of tension between Number 11 and Number 10, between prime ministers and chancellors, but this really was Number 10 saying 'we want to take control of this situation'."

  15. Khan: 'Government in chaos' ahead of Budgetpublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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    The Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says the resignation of the chancellor just weeks before the Budget shows the “government is in chaos”.

    Speaking at an affordable housing development in Peckham, Mr Khan tells BBC London he is "sad" at the decision of Sajid Javid to step down, saying he understood the reasons why London needed more investment and had been "receptive" when he lobbied him ahead of the budget.

    “On a personal level I am disappointed," he says. "Sajid is one of the ministers I’ve known for some time. Both of us coming from similar backgrounds, his dad being a bus driver and mine obviously.

    “But actually what it shows is a government in chaos. They won an election on 12 December. They’ve got a decent majority and they’re in chaos.

    "The chancellor is arguably the most important job in the cabinet other than the prime minister and here we have it, literally a few weeks before the Budget, the chancellor’s resigned.

    "But it just shows the chaos in this government.”

  16. Labour: Questions left unanswered over PM's holidaypublished at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie SymmondsImage source, PA Media
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    Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symmonds went on holiday to the Caribbean on Boxing Day

    Away from the reshuffle, questions are continuing over Boris Johnson's New Year's holiday - and who paid for it.

    The PM declared on the register of interests yesterday that the accommodation for his break with his partner to Mustique was covered by businessman David Ross to the tune of £15,000.

    However, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse (who left his company in 2008) told the Daily Mail that he didn't pay the sum.

    Earlier, a spokesman for Mr Ross confirmed he "facilitated accommodation" for the holiday, so the register was correct.

    But Labour MP Jon Trickett has now written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to call for an investigation into who funded the trip, as the statements so far "leave questions unanswered".

    He adds: "Transparency is crucial to ensuring that the public have confidence that elected members of this House have not been unduly influence by any donations or gifts that they may receive."

  17. Morgan congratulates successorpublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

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  18. And another job held...published at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Yes, Baroness Evans has kept her job as leader of the House of Lords.

  19. Shock resignation poses challenge for Javid's successorpublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Faisal Islam
    BBC Economics Editor

    Sajid JavidImage source, DAN KITWOOD

    There was no hint of what was to come from the lips of Chancellor Sajid Javid.

    He had been reassured of his future in post, when I spoke to him 48 hours ago.

    He was planning not just the Budget, but also a Spending Review, and a finance white paper involving negotiations with the EU over the ongoing access of UK finance to the EU.

    His team had signalled the Budget was going to be a significant new chapter in UK economic policy. The first Budget of this government and its healthy majority, able to plan its own long term strategy.

    However, there had been a strange series of last minute reorganisations regarding the chancellor's traditional round of interviews on the GDP figures.

    This was on the same day and in the same place as the prime minister's HS2 announcement.

    Read more here

  20. Another arrival...published at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2020

    Baroness EvansImage source, PA Media

    Now the Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Evans, has arrived to meet the prime minister.