Thursday
08:50: Jake Berry is Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. He will also attend Cabinet. Loyalty counts.
Wednesday
23:58: Kwasi Kwarteng appointed Business Minister. Why Kwasi so late? He reportedly had his phone off all day, unorthodox career strategy on reshuffle day…
23:02: Oliver Dowden becomes Paymaster General and Cabinet Office Minister (n.b. all appointments today attending Cabinet). Oliver Wow-den…
22:55: Jo Johnson returns as Universities Minister in BEIS and DfE. Jo with the flow…
22:47: Brandon Lewis becomes Home Office Minister. Not a-Brandoned…
22:43: Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes Leader of the House of Commons. Top Mogg…
22:41: Esther McVey becomes Minister at MHCLG. McVey rejoins the fray…
22:32: James Cleverly becomes Tory Party Chairman. Cleverly done…
22:11 Rishi Sunak becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Not a moment too Sunak…
21:51 Geoffrey Cox remains Attorney General. Cox in the box…
21:39: Baroness Evans remains Leader of the Lords. Good ‘Evans…
21:31: Alister Jack becomes Scottish Secretary. Jack for Jocks…
21:30: Julian Smith becomes Northern Ireland Secretary. Smith to reforge DUP alliance…
21:23: Alun Cairns remains Welsh Secretary. Cairn’t be beat…
21:12: Grant Shapps becomes Transport Secretary. Shapps for ships…
21:07: Alok Sharma becomes International Development Secretary. Sharma’s a charmer…
20:59: Robert Buckland becomes Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary. Bucking the trend…
20:46: Amber Rudd remains at DWP, adding Equalities brief. Not Rudderless!
20:37: Robert Jenrick becomes Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. A very Jenerick department…
20:29: Andrea Leadsom becomes Business Secretary. Andreyeah!
20:26: Nicky Morgan becomes Culture Secretary. Nicky Morback!
20:24: Gavin Williamson becomes Education Secretary. Gavin Winiamson.
20:11: Theresa Villiers becomes Environment Secretary. Villiers Delivers…
19:55: Matt Hancock remains Health Secretary. Hancock blocked…
19:26: Liz Truss appointed International Trade Secretary. Trussted pork market opener…
19:18: Ben Wallace appointed Defence Secretary. Wall-ace in the hole…
19:10: Michael Gove appointed to Cabinet Office, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, no deal coordinator. Roving Gove…
18:59: Stephen Barclay remains Brexit Secretary. Barclay banked…
18:52: Dominic Raab appointed Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He’s ready now…
18:43: Priti Patel appointed Home Secretary. Sitting Priti…
18:35: Sajid Javid appointed Chancellor. Saj-in…
18:10: Mel Stride sacked as Leader of the Commons. End of the ride for Stride…
17:58: Claire Perry relinquishes Clean Growth & Energy portfolio but gets new role as COP26 President. Claire spare…
17:58: Jeremy Hunt quits as Foreign Secretary after turning down Defence. Shunt for Hunt…
17:56: Jeremy Wright sacked as Culture Secretary. Not Wright for the job…
17:53: David Mundell sacked as Scottish Secretary. David Gone-dell…
17:25: Karen Bradley sacked as Northern Ireland Secretary. Karen Brad-leave…
17:24: James Brokenshire out as Communities Secretary. James Broken-fired…
17:17: Caroline Nokes sacked as Immigration Minister. That’s all, Nokes…
17:16: Damian Hinds sacked as Education Secretary. Hinds unwinds…
17:11: Chris Grayling quits as Transport Secretary. Grayling bailing…
17:00: Liam Fox sacked as International Trade Secretary. Out-Foxed…
16:59: Greg Clark sacked as Business Secretary. Clark parked…
16:44: Penny Mordaunt sacked as Defence Secretary. Penny drops…
23/7: Mark Spencer appointed Chief Whip. Off the Mark…
Earlier: Hammond, Stewart, Liddington, and Gauke pre-emptively announce resignations.
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