Puffbox

Please, please, can we not have reshuffles on a Friday? The Cabinet positions were all confirmed by the end of the day... but the junior moves were certainly happening late into Friday evening, and one assumes, over the weekend. And whilst I'm sure a few government webbies were grateful for the weekend overtime, it does [...] read on »

There's plenty to say about today's Cabinet reshuffle... and, frankly, plenty of other places to read it. But of particular interest to this blog and this blogger, I note the move of Stephen Carter from his Downing Street strategy job to the House of Lords, where he will be the Minister for technology, telecoms and broadcasting. [...] read on »

I haven't yet seen official confirmation, but I'm reliably informed that Tom Watson is the new minister for e-government, post-reshuffle. The Cabinet Office website only says that: 'Following on from Gillian Merron's departure to the Department for International Development, Tom Watson MP has been appointed as new [...] read on »

Well, that's a relief. With Peter Hain resigning at lunchtime, there was a rush of quite rational speculation that the Wales Office might be folded into a new 'department for the devolved bits', covering Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. I've been doing a bit of work for the Wales Office over the last month or so, [...] read on »

I'm sitting here at 6pm on a huge day in politics. A political heavyweight has unexpectedly resigned, freeing up two seats at the Cabinet table. We've got all the usual fun and games of the ensuing reshuffle - who's up, who's down, who's been snubbed - and widespread speculation about a merger of several government [...] read on »