Damien Green becomes deputy prime minister in reshuffle.

Damien Green, a thoroughly good guy who I have known and respected for a long time, becomes first secretary of state (this is Whitehall-speak for Deputy Prime Minister) in the limited cabinet reshuffle which the PM completed today.

Here is the new cabinet.

The Cabinet is as follows:
  • Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service – Rt Hon Theresa May MP
  • First Secretary of State, and Minister for the Cabinet Office – Rt Hon Damian Green MP
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer – Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department – Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
  • Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Rt Hon David Davis MP
  • Secretary of State for Defence – Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB MP
  • Secretary of State for Health – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
  • Lord Chancellor; and Secretary of State for Justice – Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP
  • Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities – Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
  • Secretary of State for International Trade, and President of the Board of Trade – Rt Hon Liam Fox MP
  • Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Secretary of State for Transport – Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
  • Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
  • Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords – Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
  • Secretary of State for Scotland – Rt Hon David Mundell MP
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP
  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP
  • Secretary of State for International Development – Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
  • Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP
  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Rt Hon David Gauke MP
  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP
The following also attend Cabinet:
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
  • Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons – Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP
  • Attorney General – Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP
  • Minister of State (for Immigration), Home Office – Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP


More details at

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2017-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments

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