Rishi Sunak has reshuffled his top team, with Grant Shapps succeeding Ben Wallace as defence secretary and Claire Coutinho entering cabinet as energy secretary.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has dubbed today's announcement of further strikes by junior doctors and consultants as"extremely disappointing".
If they think that then they are seriously misunderstanding the strength of feeling. Both consultants and junior doctors have a mandate for months of strike action deep into the winter. Sunak now the only cabinet minister to have a constituency in England north of the MidlandsFollowing today's reshuffle, there is now only one cabinet minister who has a constituency in England that is north of the Midlands - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak himself.
"This is only a small shuffle before an expected full reshuffle later this year - I'll be watching that one carefully." "He seemed to be more concerned with playing childish politics on social media than the serious policies needed to address the greatest challenge of our time. LGA chairman Shaun Davies described the"huge pressure" on councils who were already dealing with record numbers of households living in temporary accommodation and"an acute shortage of housing across the country".
She stressed that the concerns, related to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, known as RAAC, is isolated to 156 schools. Asked about the timing of the announcement, she said:"What's happened over the summer is there have been a number of cases that have given us more cause for concern. The Welwyn Hatfield MP, 54, is no stranger to cabinet, having previously led the energy security and net zero department and held the posts of transport secretary and home secretary.
Away from the reshuffle news, we have been reporting on the government's latest legislation to toughen up the disciplinary process for officers who are found guilty of gross misconduct. The 38-year-old held her previous junior role as children's minister for less than a year, but is a long-term ally of Rishi Sunak.
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