As it happened: PM reshuffles cabinet
Key Points
- Prime Minister David Cameron is reshuffling the Conservative members of his cabinet
- William Hague has stood down as foreign secretary but will stay in the Cabinet as Leader of the Commons
- Philip Hammond is the new foreign secretary; Michael Fallon replaces him in defence
- Michael Gove is being moved from education to be Commons chief whip
- Two women, Liz Truss and Nicky Morgan, have been promoted to the cabinet; Esther McVey will attend cabinet
- Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Welsh Secretary David Jones are among those sacked