The Prime Minister has decided to continue to pretend that her Premiership is not collapsing and has conducted a mini reshuffle to fill the gap left by the resignation of Andrea Leadsom last night.

• Rt Hon Mel Stride MP to be Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons.
• Jesse Norman MP to be Paymaster General, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
• Michael Ellis MP to be a Minister of State at the Department for Transport.
• Rebecca Pow MP to be a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Rearranging the deckchairs…