9pm WATCH: Nick Clegg: Third runway at Heathrow "will not happen during this Parliament"
8.45pm RESHUFFLE UPDATE: David Cameron's new PPS will be Sam Gyimah MP – and a list of outgoing Ministers awarded honours
8.30pm RESHUFFLE UPDATE: Full list of Ministers who have left government
8.15pm MPsETC: Full post-reshuffle list of Ministers
2pm ToryDiary: Why Laws's appointment could threaten the success of Gove's Tory Flagship Department
1pm ToryDiary: PMQs: Cameron unable to defend Miliband attacks on Coalition growth strategy, but leaves door open for third runway
10.30am MPsETC: Peter Luff MP to stand down at the next election
10am Lord Ashcroft on Comment: Crimestoppers launches new fugitives’ campaign in Cyprus
9.45am RESHUFFLE UPDATE: Desmond Swayne and Greg Knight are made Whips
ToryDiary: A shift to the Right or a shift to ooooomph?
Also on ToryDiary: The tentacles of the Octopus Chancellor are all over this reshuffle
Columnist Jill Kirby: David Cameron missed the opportunity to make the best of women round the Cabinet table
Alec Shelbrooke MP on Comment: Why we should all fear war in Iran
Local Government:
The Deep End: Big finance: too big to fail or just too big for its boots?
Cameron completes the bulk of his first reshuffle
"David Cameron's cabinet is to meet for the first time since the prime minister carried out a major reshuffle. … Altogether, there are six new figures in Mr Cameron's cabinet: Mr Grayling, Mr McLoughlin, Conservative chairman Grant Shapps, Culture Secretary Maria Miller, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Welsh Secretary David Jones." – BBC
> From yesterday:
Boris turns guns on Cameron over Heathrow expansion plans
"Boris Johnson demands that David Cameron comes clean about his plans for a third runway at Heathrow after the Prime Minister’s first reshuffle cleared the way for an about-turn on airport expansion. Mr Cameron removed Justine Greening from her post as Transport Secretary… The move led Mr Johnson, the Mayor of London, to make his strongest attack yet on his party leader, accusing the Prime Minister of a covert attempt to back the “mad” expansion of the airport." – Daily Telegraph
Newspapers say reshuffle was… a shift to the right…
…and bad for women
Reshuffle headline roundup
> From yesterday:
> From today:
Tim Montgomerie: Cameron's reshuffle was clever, but will it be enough to revive his premiership?
"[T]his reshuffle was not particularly exciting but it was clever. Cameron has put the brightest and best Conservatives in all of the right places. The most exciting moves didn’t happen at the top level of government but with the appointment of junior ministers. … Cameron’s hope is that if there is some sign of even quite modest economic growth by 2014/2015, then the British people may decide that the pain of these few years was worth it. Without signs of such progress, however, his premiership is sunk." – Tim Montgomerie for the Daily Mail
Reshuffle comment roundup
> From yesterday:
Daily Telegraph continues series of "leading young Tory MPs" setting out their ideas for growth
The third entry is by Dominic Raab: "In the 21st century, we face new and more intense global competition, spanning the ambitious and industrious economies from Latin America to Asia. To meet the challenge, Britain must rediscover and reward the lost virtue of hard work – a tried and tested route to individual success, national prosperity and a fairer society." – Dominic Raab MP for the Daily Telegraph
2,000 new building projects approved every month since planning shake-up
"The actual number of extra homes being approved is likely to be far higher because a significant proportion of the approved projects – around three in 10 – is likely to contain tens or even hundreds of new homes. The statistics are likely to lead to questions about the urgent need from Chancellor George Osborne to rip apart the delicate consensus on the new planning rules at the end of March." - Daily Telegraph
Salmond quickens pace on independence vote to avoid conflict and further delay
"All the evidence is that Salmond has already dropped any thought of a two-question referendum, where he would offer sceptical voters a fall-back option of greater devolution on the voting form alongside his carefully calibrated, soft-edged "lite" version of independence. That point may have been reached some months ago." - Guardian
Christians 'must choose between job or their faith': Government lawyers claim at European court
"Christians may have to sacrifice their jobs if they want to express their religion at work, government lawyers declared yesterday. They urged human rights judges in Strasbourg to reject a landmark case brought by four Christians who said they suffered faith-based discrimination. The state lawyers insisted workers are not entitled to wear a crucifix at work against the wishes of their employers – and if that is incompatible with their faith they ‘are free to resign’." - Daily Mail
> From yesterday - Columnist Andrew Lilico: No discrimination without monopsony power!
Moody's threatens to slash EU's AAA credit rating unless UK and other top members get their act together - Daily Mail
Drought in credit to small businesses 'is worsening' – Guardian
Eurozone demands six-day week for Greece – Guardian
Missiles thrown at police during north Belfast trouble – BBC
Save the Children launches campaign to help UK families in poverty – Guardian
And finally… Wake up, Ken, we've just given you a new job: Tory big beast relaxes at The Oval after being demoted - Daily Mail
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