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