
Johnson’s ministerial appointments
We’ll continue to update this as the Prime Minister fills out the lower ranks of his government.
We’ll continue to update this as the Prime Minister fills out the lower ranks of his government.
We can now see the new Government taking shape, after a dramatic bout of sackings and new appointments at the top.
The new Solicitor General and FCO/DfID minister are both sensible choices, which might say more about the Prime Minister’s position than her judgement.
A recent Conservative conference for the area found eagerness to discuss radical policies and to embrace innovative campaigning techniques. An encouraging sign for the local elections.
It is hard to appoint more women to Cabinet when there are few senior women to promote. We count only four at Minister of State level.
Raab, Badenoch, Sunak, O’Brien, Eustice, Frazer and Tugendhat should all be more senior and more visible.
Seema Kennedy becomes the Prime Minister’s second PPS. Brexiteer Kwasi Kwarteng is PPS to Philip Hammond. And much, much more.
May’s team have got off to a good start, but as they take stock after conference some early challenges are clearly taking shape.
There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.
What does their selection reveal about the Government’s priorities? And why are some other rising stars missing?
On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.
Some backbenchers are unhappy that people who already have a job as a PPS have been allowed to stand.