Summary

  • Boris Johnson undertakes a major reshuffle of his government ministers

  • Liz Truss is the new foreign secretary, replacing Dominic Raab

  • Raab is confirmed in three roles - justice secretary, Lord Chancellor and deputy prime minister

  • Former vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi is the new education secretary

  • He replaces Gavin Williamson - who was the first to be sacked from his post in these moves

  • Nadine Dorries is secretary of state for culture, media and sport

  • She replaces Oliver Dowden, who moves to the Cabinet Office

  • Michael Gove is the new minister for housing, communities and local government and has responsibility for the UK's union

  • Steve Barclay replaces Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office minister

  • Anne-Marie Trevelyan is international trade secretary

  • Robert Buckland is sacked as justice secretary; Robert Jenrick as communities secretary

  • Amanda Milling is no longer Conservative Party co-chair

Live Reporting

Jennifer Scott

  1. Conservative MPs 'twitchy' amid reshuffle rumours

    When a potential reshuffle is on the cards, MPs hopeful of promotion are never far from their phones in case a call comes in from No 10.

    Speaking to Politics Live, Conservative MP Steve Brine says he was at an event this morning in a room in Parliament where the mobile signal isn't great.

    "There were lots of very twitchy colleagues standing near the windows," he says.

    Asked about his own chances of getting a ministerial job, Brine says he is not hopeful adding "my phone is on airport mode."

  2. What might come up in PMQs?

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    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer could to focus his questions to the PM on the rise in National Insurance and the cut to universal credit (UC).

    His party is leading a Commons debate later calling on the government to cancel its plans to remove the £20 uplift to UC.

    The government says the National Insurance tax rise – which comes in from April 2022 – will go towards helping the NHS clear the backlog in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic and pay for social care.

    But Labour have said the tax would hit low-earners and said those with “the broadest shoulders” should contribute more.

    The party has also criticised the government’s plans to cut universal credit by £20-per-week. The rise was originally introduced to help recipients during the pandemic.

  3. Analysis

    BBC political editor reads the reshuffle runes

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  4. Good morning

    Boris Johnson chairing the weekly cabinet meeting inside the Cabinet Room of No10 last weekAndrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

    Boris Johnson chairing the weekly cabinet meeting inside No10 last week

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage from Westminster.

    Prime Minister’s Questions kicks off as usual at 12:00 BST.

    We’ll bring you all the developments as they happen.

    But it may not be the main business of the day - Westminster is buzzing with rumours that Boris Johnson is about to reshuffle his ministerial team.

    We’ll have our eyes and ears wide open in the Commons' corridors to see if we can spot any movement today.

    Do stay with us.