Friday, May 05, 2006

Reshuffle: Junior Appointments Announced

Here are some of the junior appointments announced this evening...

Parliamentary secretary for social exclusion Pat McFadden
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Ed Balls
Parliamentary secretary at Cabinet Office Ed Miliband (pic)
Minister of State at Home Office Liam Byrne (replaces Hazel Blears)
Work minister Jim Murphy
Pensions minister James Purnell
Health minister Andy Burnham
Trade and industry minister Margaret Hodge

And sacked from the Government are...

Jane Kennedy, Alun Michael, Elliot Morley, Lord Bach, Fiona MacTaggart, Don Touhig

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why oh Why has Margeret Hodge not been sacked? Giving a helping hand to the BNP must mean a sacking, shurely there must be shume mishake?

Anonymous said...

Joan Ryan promoted to Home Office.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone else find it bizarre that a government should have a parliamentary secretary for social exclusion?

Anonymous said...

I am very glad to see Lord Bach go. What an incompetant he was. And complacent to boot!

Anonymous said...

Interesting that Andy Burnham has moved to Health. Who will be handed the poisoned chalice of ID card propoganda secretary now?