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Reshuffle: Boris Johnson fires Gavin Williamson as he rings cabinet changes - BBC News
Boris Johnson has fired a string of cabinet ministers - and promoted new faces to replace them - in a major reshuffle.
The prime minister sacked under-fire Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and moved Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to the justice department.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel keep their jobs.
But there are promotions for Liz Truss, who goes to the Foreign Office, and Nadine Dorries, who gets culture.
Downing Street said the aim of the reshuffle was to "put in place a strong and united team to build back better from the pandemic".
More moves are expected over the coming hours, as Mr Johnson seeks to fill vacant positions.
In addition to justice secretary and Lord Chancellor, Mr Raab has also been given the title of deputy prime minister, after what is understood to have been a lengthy and difficult conversation with the prime minister.
A source denied Mr Raab was angry with the move from the Foreign Office, but he is understood to be unhappy with the way his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan was portrayed.
In other moves:
- Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi is promoted to education secretary
- Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is fired - and replaced by Michael Gove
- Treasury minister Steve Barclay replaces Mr Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Oliver Dowden is given the role of minister without portfolio at the Cabinet Office
- Mr Dowden will also co-chair the Conservative Party, replacing Amanda Milling
- Simon Clarke becomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Nick Gibb, the schools minister, leaves government after seven years
The big winners from the reshuffle include Ms Dorries, a junior health minister and best-selling novelist who has never sat in the cabinet before, and Ms Truss, who moves into one of the top three jobs in government from the Department for International Trade.
New Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Michael Gove will get the added responsibility of the government's "levelling up" agenda - spreading wealth and opportunity around the country - while continuing to handle demands for another Scottish independence referendum.
What's Boris Johnson's reshuffle really all about?
The way the most senior government politicians are recruited and removed is bizarre and brutal.
For weeks, ministers have nervously inquired of journalists: "Is it on?"
People in the Westminster village who claim real knowledge of the plan are rarely those who truly know.
But, whatever the curious British traditions of how it's done, it is what is done that makes the difference. Prime ministers rarely wield as much power as on the day of the big hirings and firings.
And Boris Johnson has used this occasion to make big changes to the cabinet - the most significant switch coming in one of the chunkiest jobs of all.
Losers from the reshuffle include Mr Williamson, who has faced repeated opposition calls to quit, or be sacked, over his handling of disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic.
He said he was "proud" of the "transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education: in further education colleges, our skills agenda, apprenticeships and more".
For Labour, shadow education secretary Kate Green said Mr Williamson had "failed children and young people, their parents and our hard-working education staff throughout one of the most testing periods in our history".
Robert Buckland also looks set for a return to the backbenches after being replaced by Mr Raab as justice secretary and Lord Chancellor.
BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani said Mr Buckland was a respected figure in the legal profession, but leaves office with 58,000 serious criminal cases waiting to come to a Crown Court.
Labour's shadow justice secretary David Lammy said: "Appointing a failed foreign secretary who was fired for being missing in action to be the sixth justice secretary in six years shows how little this government cares about victims of crime."
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reshuffles his top team - Al Jazeera English
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed his party’s first female foreign secretary in a reshuffle, replacing ministers who had drawn criticism with the declared aim of tackling economic inequality after COVID-19.
Ending regional inequality is key to the agenda set in 2019 when Johnson won the biggest Conservative Party parliamentary majority since Margaret Thatcher. But the issue has been eclipsed by COVID-19 and headlines about ministerial gaffes.
The replacement of Dominic Raab with former trade minister Liz Truss at the foreign office on Wednesday underlined the rationale behind the reshuffle, move those whose blunders have buffeted the government and promote those who have avoided crises.
“We know the public also want us to deliver on their priorities, and that’s why the prime minister wants to ensure we have the right team in place for that,” Johnson’s spokesman told reporters.
A source in Johnson’s office said the British leader would appoint ministers “with a focus on uniting and levelling up the whole country”. Finance minister Rishi Sunak remains in post.
Truss, a favourite in the Conservative Party, moves to the foreign office from the trade department where she has completed a number of trade deals since the UK left the European Union. Anne-Marie Trevelyan moves to trade after being a climate minister.
She became only the second female foreign secretary in British history.
The UK’s newly appointed foreign secretary, Liz Truss, leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London [Daniel Leal/AFP]Afghanistan
Truss replaces Raab, who has faced calls to resign since he went on holiday in Crete as the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital, Kabul. He was demoted to the justice ministry.
To soften the blow, Raab was also appointed deputy prime minister, a role he played in all but name when he stepped in to lead government when Johnson was fighting for his life in hospital with COVID last year.
“Raab is the latest member of this Tory government to be rewarded for failure. After his catastrophic handling of the Afghanistan crisis, he should be out of government altogether,” the opposition Liberal Democrats said.
Michael Gove, seen as a key player in the Johnson government, was moved to housing from his position in the cabinet office, a department at the centre of government that drives the implementation of policy. He was replaced by Stephen Barclay, a former Brexit minister.
Raab’s and Gove’s moves followed the sackings of three others: Gavin Williamson as education minister, Robert Buckland as justice minister and Robert Jenrick as the housing minister.
Buckland had not committed any gaffes or been criticised for his decision-making but was moved to make way for Raab.
My letter to the Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/lelqRR3L86
— Robert Buckland (@RobertBuckland) September 15, 2021
Williamson’s downfall had been widely expected after he was criticised for his handling of school closures and exams during the COVID pandemic and for confusing two Black campaigning sportsmen.
Jenrick had been under fire for his role in a one-billion-pound ($1.38-bn) development proposed by a Conservative Party donor.
It has been a privilege to serve as Education Secretary since 2019. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, I’m particularly proud of the transformational reforms I’ve led in Post 16 education: in further education colleges, our Skills agenda, apprenticeships and more.
— Gavin Williamson (@GavinWilliamson) September 15, 2021
Rumours of a reshuffle, and who might be on their way up or on their way out, have been swirling for weeks.
Some in his party had suggested the threat of a reshuffle helped ensure Johnson’s plans for a tax increase to tackle a crisis in health and social care got party backing after it was widely criticised for hurting the lowest earners the most.
Johnson on Tuesday outlined a plan to restore pandemic restrictions if needed, to avert a fresh crisis for the NHS heading into what could be a difficult winter with hospitalisations rising again.
The party has slipped in opinion polls and one of those replaced on Wednesday was its chair, with former culture minister Oliver Dowden taking over the post.
Critics accused Johnson of seeking to overshadow the opposition Labour Party’s planned vote in Parliament on the government’s decision to scrap extra support for low-income families.
But some Conservative lawmakers said it had been simply long overdue. One legislator, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the cabinet as a boat that was “appallingly encrusted with barnacles”.
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2021-09-15 20:53:08Z
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Dominic Raab demoted from foreign secretary post during cabinet reshuffle - The Independent
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2021-09-15 16:55:10Z
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Cabinet reshuffle: Gavin Williamson sacked and Dominic Raab moved from foreign secretary - Sky News
Gavin Williamson has been sacked as education secretary in a cabinet reshuffle that has also seen Dominic Raab removed from the Foreign Office.
Mr Raab, who had been heavily criticised for his handling of the Afghanistan crisis while foreign secretary, will now become justice secretary and deputy prime minister.
He has been replaced as foreign secretary by Liz Truss, who was formerly the international trade secretary.
Mr Raab's change of roles is the most high-profile move in a reshuffle of cabinet ministers carried out on Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Latest reshuffle news as PM shakes up top team
Earlier, Number 10 confirmed Mr Williamson had been removed as education secretary, while Robert Buckland and Robert Jenrick have also departed their roles as justice secretary and housing, communities and local government secretary, respectively.
All three have left the government entirely, with Mr Williamson being replaced by Nadhim Zahawi, who was previously the COVID vaccines minister.
Mr Jenrick will be replaced by Michael Gove, with Downing Street saying the long-time minister will also take on "cross-government responsibility for levelling up".
Mr Gove has become the fourth secretary of state at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since its rebrand in 2018.
He has been replaced in his previous roles as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office minister by Stephen Barclay, who was a Treasury minister.
Amanda Milling was another victim of the reshuffle, as she left her role as Conservative Party co-chair less than three weeks before the Tory conference in Manchester.
It follows the Conservatives' recent loss in the Chesham and Amersham by-election and a failure to take the Batley and Spen seat off Labour.
Ms Milling will be replaced by Oliver Dowden, who will also become a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office after moving from his job as culture secretary.
Nadine Dorries, who has written a number of novels and previously appeared on TV show I'm A Celebrity, has replaced Mr Dowden as culture secretary after moving from her role as a health minister.
The criticism of Mr Raab's handling of the Afghanistan crisis included anger at his decision to take a summer holiday as the country fell to the Taliban.
There were also reports of tensions between Mr Raab's Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence during the air evacuation of British nationals and eligible Afghans from Kabul last month.
In 2020, Mr Raab deputised for Mr Johnson while the prime minister was treated in intensive care with COVID-19.
And he will now formally take on the role as deputy prime minister after the position was revived by Mr Johnson.
The last deputy prime minister prior to Mr Raab was former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as part of the coalition government.
Mr Raab, a former lawyer, has also been appointed the sixth justice secretary in six years as he replaces Mr Buckland.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday afternoon in which he revealed his departure from the cabinet, Mr Williamson said it had "been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019" and that he was "particularly proud of the transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education".
He added he would "look forward to continue to support the prime minister and the government".
Mr Williamson had faced regular criticism of his handling of the education brief during the COVID-19 crisis, including over the pandemic-enforced shutting of schools and a fiasco over the awarding of A-level and GCSE grades.
Last week, Mr Williamson was widely mocked after he admitted to confusing England footballer Marcus Rashford with rugby star Maro Itoje.
As a former Tory chief whip, Mr Williamson was widely credited with securing the vast support for Mr Johnson among Conservative MPs during the party's 2019 leadership contest.
He was previously campaign manager for Theresa May's successful leadership campaign and - with a reputation as one of Westminster's most formidable organisers - it has been suggested he could prove to be a threat to Mr Johnson on the back benches.
It is the second time Mr Williamson has been sacked from government, following his departure as defence secretary in 2019 over a row about the leaking of information about Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.
Mr Buckland also posted on Twitter to confirm his departure from cabinet.
He said he was looking to "the next adventure" and that he was "deeply proud of everything I have achieved" after serving in government for the past seven years.
Mr Jenrick, who last year was at the centre of a row over planning approval granted to a Conservative donor, tweeted that it had been a "huge privilege" to have led the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
"Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I'm deeply proud of all we achieved," he added.
"I will continue to support the prime minister and the government in every way I can."
The prime minister was expected to complete the reshuffle of his cabinet today, with changes to lower ministerial ranks to be finalised on Thursday.
Confirmation that Mr Johnson would hold a widely-anticipated reshuffle of his ministers came during Wednesday's session of Prime Minister's Questions.
A Number 10 source said Mr Johnson would look to “put in place a strong and united team” to help the country recover from the COVID pandemic.
They also said the prime minister was looking for his government to “redouble our efforts to deliver on the people’s priorities” and Mr Johnson would appoint ministers “with a focus on uniting and levelling up the whole country”.
At a briefing for Westminster journalists, the prime minister's official spokesman said Mr Johnson had not consulted his wife Carrie on the reshuffle.
Earlier in the day, Mr Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings had branded the imminent moving of ministers as the "Carrie Reshuffle".
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner welcomed Mr Williamson's removal as education secretary, but added: "He should have been sacked over a year ago.
"That prat's absolute idiocy, failures and uselessness have damaged the life chances of our country's children and this government has failed young people, teachers and education staff."
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2021-09-15 15:26:02Z
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Cabinet reshuffle: Gavin Williamson sacked and Dominic Raab moved from foreign secretary - Sky News
Gavin Williamson has been sacked as education secretary in a cabinet reshuffle that has also seen Dominic Raab removed from the Foreign Office.
Mr Raab, who had been heavily criticised for his handling of the Afghanistan crisis while foreign secretary, will now become justice secretary and deputy prime minister.
He has been replaced as foreign secretary by Liz Truss, who was formerly the international trade secretary.
Mr Raab's change of roles is the most high-profile move in a reshuffle of cabinet ministers being carried out on Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Latest reshuffle news as PM shakes up top team
Earlier, Number 10 confirmed Mr Williamson had been removed as education secretary, while Robert Buckland and Robert Jenrick have also departed their roles as justice secretary and housing, communities and local government secretary, respectively.
All three have left the government entirely.
Mr Jenrick will be replaced by Michael Gove, with Downing Street saying the long-time minister will also take on "cross-government responsibility for levelling up".
Mr Gove has become the fourth secretary of state at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since its rebrand in 2018.
Amanda Milling was another victim of the reshuffle, as she left her role as Conservative Party co-chair less than three weeks before the Tory conference in Manchester.
It follows the Conservatives' recent loss in the Chesham and Amersham by-election and a failure to take the Batley and Spen seat off Labour.
The criticism of Mr Raab's handling of the Afghanistan crisis included anger at his decision to take a summer holiday as the country fell to the Taliban.
There were also reports of tensions between Mr Raab's Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence during the air evacuation of British nationals and eligible Afghans from Kabul last month.
In 2020, Mr Raab deputised for Mr Johnson while the prime minister was treated in intensive care with COVID-19.
And he will now formally take on the role as deputy prime minister after the position was revived by Mr Johnson.
The last deputy prime minister prior to Mr Raab was former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as part of the coalition government.
Mr Raab, a former lawyer, has also been appointed the sixth justice secretary in six years as he replaces Mr Buckland.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday afternoon in which he revealed his departure from the cabinet, Mr Williamson said it had "been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019" and that he was "particularly proud of the transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education".
He added he would "look forward to continue to support the prime minister and the government".
Mr Williamson had faced regular criticism of his handling of the education brief during the COVID-19 crisis, including over the pandemic-enforced shutting of schools and a fiasco over the awarding of A-level and GCSE grades.
Last week, Mr Williamson was widely mocked after he admitted to confusing England footballer Marcus Rashford with rugby star Maro Itoje.
As a former Tory chief whip, Mr Williamson was widely credited with securing the vast support for Mr Johnson among Conservative MPs during the party's 2019 leadership contest.
He was previously campaign manager for Theresa May's successful leadership campaign and - with a reputation as one of Westminster's most formidable organisers - it has been suggested he could prove to be a threat to Mr Johnson on the back benches.
It is the second time Mr Williamson has been sacked from government, following his departure as defence secretary in 2019 over a row about the leaking of information about Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.
Mr Buckland also posted on Twitter to confirm his departure from cabinet.
He said he was looking to "the next adventure" and that he was "deeply proud of everything I have achieved" after serving in government for the past seven years.
Mr Jenrick, who last year was at the centre of a row over planning approval granted to a Conservative donor, tweeted that it had been a "huge privilege" to have led the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
"Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I'm deeply proud of all we achieved," he added.
"I will continue to support the prime minister and the government in every way I can."
The prime minister is expected to complete the reshuffle of his cabinet today, with changes to lower ministerial ranks to be finalised on Thursday.
Confirmation that Mr Johnson would hold a widely-anticipated reshuffle of his ministers came during Wednesday's session of Prime Minister's Questions.
A Number 10 source said Mr Johnson would look to “put in place a strong and united team” to help the country recover from the COVID pandemic.
They also said the prime minister was looking for his government to “redouble our efforts to deliver on the people’s priorities” and Mr Johnson would appoint ministers “with a focus on uniting and levelling up the whole country”.
At a briefing for Westminster journalists, the prime minister's official spokesman said Mr Johnson had not consulted his wife Carrie on the reshuffle.
Earlier in the day, Mr Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings had branded the imminent moving of ministers as the "Carrie Reshuffle".
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner welcomed Mr Williamson's removal as education secretary, but added: "He should have been sacked over a year ago.
"That prat's absolute idiocy, failures and uselessness have damaged the life chances of our country's children and this government has failed young people, teachers and education staff."
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2021-09-15 15:11:15Z
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Cabinet reshuffle: Gavin Williamson sacked and Dominic Raab moved from foreign secretary - Sky News
Gavin Williamson has been sacked as education secretary in a cabinet reshuffle that has also seen Dominic Raab removed from the Foreign Office.
Mr Raab, who had been heavily criticised for his handling of the Afghanistan crisis while foreign secretary, will now become justice secretary and deputy prime minister.
He has been replaced as foreign secretary by Liz Truss, who was formerly the international trade secretary.
Mr Raab's change of roles is the most high-profile move in a reshuffle of cabinet ministers being carried out on Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Latest reshuffle news as PM shakes up top team
Earlier, Number 10 confirmed Mr Williamson had been removed as education secretary, while Robert Buckland and Robert Jenrick have also departed their roles as justice secretary and housing, communities and local government secretary, respectively.
All three have left the government entirely.
Amanda Milling was also a victim of the reshuffle, as she left her role as Conservative Party co-chair less than three weeks before the Tory conference in Manchester.
The criticism of Mr Raab's handling of the Afghanistan crisis included anger at his decision to take a summer holiday as the country fell to the Taliban.
There were also reports of tensions between Mr Raab's Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence during the air evacuation of British nationals and eligible Afghans from Kabul last month.
In 2020, Mr Raab deputised for Mr Johnson while the prime minister was treated in intensive care with COVID-19.
And he will now formally take on the role as deputy prime minister after the position was revived by Mr Johnson.
The last deputy prime minister prior to Mr Raab was former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as part of the coalition government.
Mr Raab, a former lawyer, has also been appointed the seventh justice secretary in seven years as he replaces Mr Buckland.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday afternoon in which he revealed his departure from the cabinet, Mr Williamson said it had "been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019" and that he was "particularly proud of the transformational reforms I've led in post-16 education".
He added he would "look forward to continue to support the prime minister and the government".
Mr Williamson had faced regular criticism of his handling of the education brief during the COVID-19 crisis, including over the pandemic-enforced shutting of schools and a fiasco over the awarding of A-level and GCSE grades.
Last week, Mr Williamson was widely mocked after he admitted to confusing England footballer Marcus Rashford with rugby star Maro Itoje.
As a former Tory chief whip, Mr Williamson was widely credited with securing the vast support for Mr Johnson among Conservative MPs during the party's 2019 leadership contest.
He was previously campaign manager for Theresa May's successful leadership campaign and - with a reputation as one of Westminster's most formidable organisers - it has been suggested he could prove to be a threat to Mr Johnson on the back benches.
It is the second time Mr Williamson has been sacked from government, following his departure as defence secretary in 2019 over a row about the leaking of information about Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.
Mr Buckland also posted on Twitter to confirm his departure from cabinet.
He said he was looking to "the next adventure" and that he was "deeply proud of everything I have achieved" after serving in government for the past seven years.
Mr Jenrick, who last year was at the centre of a row over planning approval granted to a Conservative donor, tweeted that it had been a "huge privilege" to have led the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
"Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I'm deeply proud of all we achieved," he added.
"I will continue to support the prime minister and the government in every way I can."
Mr Jenrick's exit means there is set to be a fourth secretary of state at the department since its rebrand as MHCLG in 2018.
The prime minister is expected to complete the reshuffle of his cabinet today, with changes to lower ministerial ranks to be finalised on Thursday.
Confirmation that Mr Johnson would hold a widely-anticipated reshuffle of his ministers came during Wednesday's session of Prime Minister's Questions.
A Number 10 source said Mr Johnson would look to “put in place a strong and united team” to help the country recover from the COVID pandemic.
They also said the prime minister was looking for his government to “redouble our efforts to deliver on the people’s priorities” and Mr Johnson would appoint ministers “with a focus on uniting and levelling up the whole country”.
At a briefing for Westminster journalists, the prime minister's official spokesman said Mr Johnson had not consulted his wife Carrie on the reshuffle.
Earlier in the day, Mr Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings had branded the imminent moving of ministers as the "Carrie Reshuffle".
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner welcomed Mr Williamson's removal as education secretary, but added: "He should have been sacked over a year ago.
"That prat's absolute idiocy, failures and uselessness have damaged the life chances of our country's children and this government has failed young people, teachers and education staff."
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2021-09-15 14:44:51Z
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