Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has conducted a ministerial reshuffle, with the current ministers expected to be the team in place for the General Election.

The reshuffle was seen as Sunak stamping his own authority to the team, removing ministers who weren’t necessarily “his people” with those that are solidly behind him.

Aside from the sacking of Suella Braverman and the return of David Cameron, the reshuffle was notable for numerous reasons:

• Promotions of well-liked junior ministers, signalling the rise of a new crop of MPs e.g. Victoria Atkins, Laura Trott, Richard Holden and Lee Rowley
• MPs willingly standing down, potentially due to the risk of losing their seat if they did not focus on more local issues e.g. Neil O’Brien
• Senior MPs returning to junior roles e.g. Andrea Leadsom and Amanda Milling

Ministerial Changes

Please note that some ministers will have been assigned departments but not yet specific roles.

Key updates for HOLBA:

• Greg Hands has left his role as Conservative Party Chairman and has been appointed as a Business and Trade Minister, as well as Minister for London. He has been replaced by Richard Holden.
• James Cleverly has been appointed as Suella Braverman’s successor as Home Secretary. He was previously Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
• Nigel Huddleston has been appointed as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade leading on the work on tax-free shopping.
• Laura Trott has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury. She was previously Pensions Minister and replaces John Glen, who has been made Paymaster General.

All other ministerial moves:

• Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been appointed as Foreign Secretary as a member of the House of Lords
• Stuart Anderson as Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)
• Rt Hon Dame Amanda Milling as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Joy Morrissey as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Mike Wood as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Aaron Bell as an Assistant Government Whip
• Mark Fletcher as an Assistant Government Whip
• Mark Jenkinson as an Assistant Government Whip
• Suzanne Webb as an Assistant Government Whip
• Rt Hon Esther McVey as a Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office
• Jo Churchill as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions. She was previously Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
• Andrew Griffith as a Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He was previously Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Rt Hon Damian Hinds as a Minister of State in the Department for Education. He was previously Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice
• Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care. He was previously Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
• Bim Afolami as Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Saqib Bhatti as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Anthony Browne as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Transport
• Laura Farris as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State jointly in the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice
• Simon Hoare as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Fay Jones as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Wales Office. She was previously Assistant Whip
• Rt Hon Dame Andrea Leadsom as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
• Paul Maynard as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
• Robbie Moore as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Guy Opperman as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Transport. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
• Victoria Atkins has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, replacing Barclay
• Esther McVey has been appointed as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
• Lee Rowley has been appointed as Minister of State for Housing, replacing the sacked Rachel Maclean. He was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State within the same department

Resignations/sackings:

• Suella Braverman has been sacked as Home Secretary following days of speculation
• Will Quince has left his role as Minister for Health and Secondary Care
• Jesse Norman has left his role as Minister of State for Transport
• Jeremy Quin has left his role as Paymaster General
• George Freeman has left his role as Minister for Science, Research and Innovation
• Nick Gibb has left his role as Minister of State for Schools
• Neil O’Brien has left his role as Minister for Primary Care and Public Health
• Julie Marson has resigned from her role as Government Whip
• Steve Double has left his role as Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
• Thérèse Coffey has left her role Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, replaced by Steve Barclay