I’ll be looking at these changes mainly through four lenses: balance, experience, capacity and authority. Who did each member vote for? What experience do they have? How able are they – and who turned down a job?
With the Cabinet complete, Boris Johnson staffs the lower echelons of the government.
Andrew is Housing Minister, Cleverly Europe Minister and Ellis and Wheeler move to the Cabinet Office.
Some of the moves make more sense, others less. But the overall picture is a leader fighting for position with his party, not the nation.
The row over the Northern Ireland Protocol must not be allowed to poison co-operation with our continental partners on defence against Russia.
For all the focus elsewhere, the most important domestic department for the next two years will be the Department of Health.
Johnson’s patronage is limited, and the makeup of the parliamentary Conservative Party necessitates keeping such MPs on side.
Rolling news, analysis and comment as the shuffle takes place this afternoon – and over the next few days.
Part of the charm of the new Housing Secretary is that one never quite knows what he is going to do next.
A number of ministers tipped for removal in the reshuffle were nowhere to be seen.
The most important quality for the next Secretary of State, I would have thought, is as a problem-solver/fire fighter.
Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?