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  • Kris Hopkins appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary at DCLG. Amber Rudd, Claire Perry, Gavin Barwell and John Penrose made assistant whips. Desmond Swayne has been appointed as Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Senior Whip).
  • Baroness Jolly has been appointed as a Whip in the Lords.
  • Liam Byrne demoted to Shadow Higher Education Minister, replaced by Rachel Reeves. She is replaced as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Chris Leslie.
  • Vernon Coaker replaces Jim Murphy as Shadow Defence Secretary.
  • Tristram Hunt new Shadow Education Secretary, replacing Stephen Twigg, who is demoted to Shadow Minister of State at Justice.
  • Douglas Alexander chair of election strategy, stays at shadow FCO.
  • Former Gordon aide Spencer Livermore returns as campaign director.
  • Maria Eagle to DEFRA, Mary Creagh to Transport, Ivan Lewis to Northern Ireland. Gloria de Piero promoted to Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. Liz Kendall attending Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Care and Older People. Jack Dromey is sacked, Emma Reynolds attends Cabinet as Shadow Housing Minister.
  • Wayne David PPS to Miliband.
  • Nothing for Stella Creasy.
  • Anna Soubry appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at MOD, Jane Ellison appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at Department of Health.
  • Dan Rogerson appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at Defra, Stephen Williams Parliamentary Under Secretary at DCLG.
  • Champers all round: Andy Burnham stays at Shadow Health.
  • Baroness Stowell appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at DCLG.
  • Michael Dugher promoted to shadow Cabinet Office minister, replacing Jon Trickett.
  • Robert Goodwill has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at Transport.
  • George Eustice to DEFRA.
  • Alistair Burt out at FCO.
  • Shailesh Vara appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at MoJ.
  • Karren Bradley and Sam Gyimah to the Whips’ Office.
  • Rumours: Liam Byrne fired from Shadow Work and Pensions, Stephen Twigg sacked from Shadow Education, Jim Murphy to International Development.
  • Hugh Robertson moves from DCMS to FCO as  Minister of State.
  • Helen Grant is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Sport and Equalities) at DCMS.
  • Matt Hancock appointed Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise, shared by BIS and DfE.
  • Jeremy Browne has been sacked by Clegg as a Home Office minister for being “too right wing”, reports Christopher Hope. It was the Google street view that lost it. Replaced by Norman Baker, in turn replaced at Transport by Susan Kramer.
  • Andrew Robathan appointed as Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.
  • Mark Prisk fired as Housing minister.
  • Nicky Morgan appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
  • Sajid Javid appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
  • Mike Penning made Minister of State at DWP. Guido hears he left the Northern Ireland Office for DWP with a box of Christmas decorations.
  • Greg Clark leaves the Treasury for the Cabinet Office, becomes Minister of State for Cities and constitution.
  • Esther McVey promoted at DWP, replacing comprehensive educated northerner Mark Hoban as Minister of State for Employment.
  • Greg Hands promoted to deputy chief whip.
  • Richard Benyon out – DEFRA, Chloe Smith out – Cabinet Office, John Randall out – whips
  • The new LibDem chief whip is DCLG under-secretary of state Don Foster, who once sulked in his office for a week when passed over for promotion.
  • Michael Moore has been sacked as Scottish Secretary, replaced by LibDem chief whip Alistair Carmichael. Presumably for services to that wonderful job he did ignoring allegations about David Ward.

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