Rishi Sunak Cabinet Reshuffle: Suella Braverman sacked, James Cleverly in at Home Secretary, David Cameron new Foreign Secretary
David Cameron is the new Foreign Secretary after Suella Braverman's sacking sparked a reshuffle from Rishi Sunak.
Ms Braverman was replaced by James Cleverly as home secretary, as Mr Sunak took action following her unauthorised article criticising the way pro-Palestinian protests had been policed.
Mr Cameron's sensation return saw him given a life peerage, called the "Barony of the United Kingdom for life".
Key Events
Happy reshuffle day!
Suella Braverman has been sacked as Rishi Sunak starts a reshuffle, following her controversial article in The Times. Still, it gives her more time to criticise charities for giving tents to the homeless.
Blast from the past
Reshuffle days are always a bit mad, but in scenes I can't quite believe, David Cameron has just gone into Number 10. He's either about to become the Foreign Secretary or nobody told him his coffee meeting was cancelled.
Blue murder
It's a beautiful morning for party infighting, here's a Suella Braverman ally absolutely going for the Prime Minister.
Smoking gun
Health minister Neil O’Brien announced that he is stepping down.
One of the responsibilities Mr O’Brien had in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) was for tobacco and addiction, but he's decided to focus on his constituents instead. Which is nice.
Outside the tent
Suella Braverman has issued a statement after her sacking in which she doesn't address any of the reasons she's been ousted.
She said: “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary. I will have more to say in due course.”
Client journalist
Wes Streeting has done a fairly amusing tweet about David Cameron going into Downing Street. I know, I can't believe it either.
Good riddance
Humza Yousaf has paid tribute to Suella Braverman after her sacking, praising her ethics and work in Government.
Only joking, he's had a go instead.
Morning briefing
If you aren't solely focused on the reshuffle excitement, here's Brian Monteith on Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement.
It's not you it's me
It's still an if at this point, but David Cameron becoming Foreign Secretary would be quite a dig at Rishi Sunak's MPs. Sorry lads, none of you are good enough so I need to get in a podcaster.
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