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Sep 15, 2021, 48 tweets

🔴 Boris Johnson is to reshuffle Cabinet this afternoon

Follow all the latest updates on our politics liveblog here 👇
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🔴Ministers at risk of demotion include Gavin Williamson, Dominic Raab, George Eustice and Priti Patel.

Possible names in the frame for promotion include Kemi Badenoch and Tracey Crouch

Follow the latest on the Cabinet reshuffle ⤵️
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↔️Dominic Cummings rebrands it the 'Carrie Reshuffle'

Dominic Cummings has popped up to give a sideswipe to both Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary and former chancellor, and Boris Johnson's wife Carrie.

Read more👇
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🔺Rumours are reaching fever pitch.

Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary, has been called in to see the Prime Minister, sources have told The Telegraph.

Meanwhile, Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, is said to have left his office "via the back office"

🔴BREAKING: Gavin Williamson is first casualty as Boris Johnson reshuffles Cabinet.

Williamson tweeted: "It has been a privilege to serve as Education Secretary since 2019"
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Number 10: "The PM will today conduct a reshuffle to put in place a strong and united team to build back better from the pandemic"

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🔴Robert Buckland is out as Justice Secretary.

He tweeted: "It has been an honour to serve in Government for the last 7 years, and as the Lord Chancellor for the last 2.

"I am deeply proud of everything I have achieved. On to the next adventure"
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❓Could the reshuffle finally boost female representation in the Cabinet?

We could see a big boost to female representation around the table, our analysts say ⤵️

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🚨BREAKING: Robert Jenrick, Communities Secretary, is out.

Jenrick has tweeted: "Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I’m deeply proud of all we achieved"

🔴Promotions are set to begin.

Our political correspondent @Tony_Diver has tweeted: "Hirings about to begin. Police have just told photographers outside No10 there will be a series of politicians and cars on their way up the street, beginning shortly"

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@Tony_Diver 🗣️"Too decent to be in this Cabinet"

➡️Labour MPs are lining up to praise former Cabinet minister Robert Buckland

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Labour may have lavished praise on Robert Buckland, as he steps down as justice secretary.

But no such warmth has been shown towards the former education secretary.

❌"Gavin Williamson has failed children and young people, their parents and our hard working education staff

🔴Labour 'savages' Gavin Williamson's legacy

🗣️"Gavin Williamson has failed children and young people, their parents and our hard working education staff throughout one of the most testing periods in our history," says Kate Green, his Labour counterpart

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➡️Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, has just left what appeared to be a lengthy discussion with Boris Johnson as the pair wrangle over his future
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📌Number 10 praises ousted ministers

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🔴NEW: Dominic Raab has been demoted to Justice Secretary, following a lengthy meeting with the Prime Minister, as part of today's reshuffle.
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➡️Raab has also been formally named as deputy prime minister, a role he previously held on a de facto basis, but has lost his more senior role of foreign secretary

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Liz Truss has entered 10 Downing Street ⤵️

➡️The reshuffle has reached "giddy jokes stage"

Labour MP Chris Bryant has tweeted: "Has Boris fired and rehired Raab?"

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🚨BREAKING: Rishi Sunak remains as Chancellor, Number 10 has confirmed

🚨BREAKING: Amanda Milling sacked as co-chairman of the Conservative Party.

➡️She has tweeted: "It’s been a privilege and an honour to be the Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party.

"Thank you to the voluntary party and the team at CCHQ for their support"

🚨BREAKING: Priti Patel remains Home Secretary

"Priti Patel has had one of the more straightforward visits to Downing Street today, with no change to her role as Home Secretary"

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🔴Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden - who was meant to be giving a speech in Cambridge today - has just entered Downing Street.

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🚨BREAKING: Liz Truss is appointed Foreign Secretary

➡️Liz Truss has been promoted to the role of Foreign Secretary, taking the reins from demoted Dominic Raab.

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➡️After being promoted to Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss also remains Minister for Women and Equalities

Follow live updates from the #CabinetReshuffle here ⤵️

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🔴Dominic Raab has been demoted from Foreign Secretary following widespread criticism of his handling of the Afghanistan crisis.

Mr Raab has been moved to Justice Secretary but has been given a new job title of Deputy Prime Minister.

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🚨BREAKING: Michael Gove is appointed as the new Housing, Communities and Local Government secretary

➡️Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccines minister, has entered Downing Street - and he is widely expected to be among those promoted today

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➡️Michael Gove keeps Union within portfolio

🔴The newly-annointed Housing Secretary will be joined by his entire Union team as part of a 'machinery of government shake-up'

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➡️Minister for Mental Health Nadine Dorries appears not to know why she has been called in.

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🗣️"Huge privilege"

Priti Patel has tweeted that it is "a huge privilege" to remain at the Home Office amid Boris Johnson's Cabinet reshuffle.

➡️"There is still so much more to do to deliver for the British people"

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🚨BREAKING: Oliver Dowden moves to CCHQ, where he will take the reins as party chairman.

The Culture Secretary role he is vacated has been taken by Nadine Dorries

#CabinetReshuffle

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❓Is Mark Spencer being promoted too?

🔴The chief whip entered Downing Street earlier.

"While that could be entirely innocent, his name has been linked previously with Environment Secretary"

#CabinetReshuffle

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🚨BREAKING: Nadhim Zahawi gets Education Secretary

➡️ Zahawi has replaced Gavin Williamson as Education Secretary - a move that The Telegraph reported would happen more than a month ago

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🚨BREAKING: Anne-Marie Trevelyan appointed Trade Secretary

➡️Trevelyan is the latest promotion from this reshuffle - taking the job of Trade Secretary from Liz Truss, who has become the Foreign Secretary.

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🔴Ben Wallace remains as Defence Secretary

Ben Wallace will stay in post as Defence Secretary, despite at one point having been deemed at risk.

➡️He has won plaudits for the way he handled the Afghan withdrawal

🔴Sajid Javid and Kwasi Kwarteng keep their jobs

No surprise that Sajid Javid has kept his job as Health Secretary: he's only been in the job since the end of June.

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#CabinetReshuffle

🔴Suella Braverman, the Attorney General, and Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Leader of the Commons, have arrived in Downing Street to speak to the Prime Minister.

Mr Rees-Mogg said he would "wait and see" if he will remain in post

#CabinetReshuffle

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🔎Read our full summary of who's in and who's out in Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle here 👇

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