Denham new communities secretary
John Denham has been appointed as Communities secretary, replacing Hazel Blears who resigned earlier in the week, in Gordon Brown’s emergency cabinet reshuffle this morning.
The reshuffle comes as Labour is receiving its predicted drubbing at the polls.
The latest information from the local elections is that labour has lost 23 councillors, with the Conservatives making strong gains. European election results will not be returned until Sunday
The latest cabinet changes:
Alistair Darling will remain as Chancellor
Jack Straw remains as Justice Secretary
Lord Mandelson remains as Business Secretary but is rumoured to be taking on responsibility for skills & science
Jim Murphy remains as Scottish Secretary
David Miliband stays as Foreign Secretary
Alan Johnson moves from Health to become Home Secretary
Sir Alan Sugar takes a peerage and become an Enterprise Tsar
Defence Secretary John Hutton stands down and will leave parliament at the next election.
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