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| Cabinet reshuffle: David Lidington takes over from Damian Green as Cabinet Office minister but is not given First Secretary of State title | |
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| Justice Secretary David Lidington has been handed the disgraced Damian Green’s role, at Theresa May’s side – but will not be given his title as her effective deputy. | Justice Secretary David Lidington has been handed the disgraced Damian Green’s role, at Theresa May’s side – but will not be given his title as her effective deputy. |
| Mr Lidington will not be First Secretary of State – the title given to Mr Green, who resigned just before Christmas – but will take his job as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office. | Mr Lidington will not be First Secretary of State – the title given to Mr Green, who resigned just before Christmas – but will take his job as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office. |
| No 10 said he would also chair the multiple Brexit committees previously overseen by Mr Green, handing him a crucial role in the reshuffled Cabinet. | No 10 said he would also chair the multiple Brexit committees previously overseen by Mr Green, handing him a crucial role in the reshuffled Cabinet. |
| It means the leadership of the committees charged with deciding the details of EU withdrawal will stay with a pro-EU MP who campaigned strongly for Remain in the referendum. | It means the leadership of the committees charged with deciding the details of EU withdrawal will stay with a pro-EU MP who campaigned strongly for Remain in the referendum. |
| Labour quickly protested that the move meant more “chopping and changing in the Ministry of Justice”, amid controversies over bulging prisons and probation. | Labour quickly protested that the move meant more “chopping and changing in the Ministry of Justice”, amid controversies over bulging prisons and probation. |
| “This means there will have been 4 Justice Secretaries in just 18 months. Prisons, probation, courts and access to justice deserves better than this,” tweeted Richard Burgon, the party’s Shadow Justice Secretary. | “This means there will have been 4 Justice Secretaries in just 18 months. Prisons, probation, courts and access to justice deserves better than this,” tweeted Richard Burgon, the party’s Shadow Justice Secretary. |
| Mr Green was sacked after a Cabinet Office inquiry found he had failed to tell the truth over the pornography found on his office computer a decade ago. | Mr Green was sacked after a Cabinet Office inquiry found he had failed to tell the truth over the pornography found on his office computer a decade ago. |