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Reshuffle talk dampened by No 10 Lord Jones to leave in reshuffle
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Downing Street has cooled expectations of a possible cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, saying Gordon Brown "is very focused on other things". Lord Digby Jones will be stepping down as a government minister in Gordon Brown's reshuffle, which is expected to take place in the next few days.
The prime minister is widely expected to carry out a limited reshuffle of his top team before MPs return on Monday. The former CBI chief was one of the outside experts brought in by Mr Brown when he became prime minister.
But No 10's spokesman said the PM was concentrating on the economic situation - and said Mr Brown would attend emergency talks in Paris on Saturday. He told the BBC he always intended to do the trade minister's job for a limited time, and said it was not a judgement on Mr Brown's performance.
A successor to Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly will be among changes announced. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly is also leaving in the reshuffle.
Mother-of-four Ms Kelly has said it was time to "step back" from politics and put her family first.
'No issues'
The MP for Bolton West denied that the decision had anything to do with unhappiness with the leadership of Mr Brown.
And Mr Brown said Ms Kelly had informed him of her plans in May, adding: "There are no political issues between Ruth and me."
BBC News political editor Nick Robinson says the reshuffle will be very limited and not a "dramatic shifting of the chairs at the top table".
Ministers tipped for promotion in Thursday's newspapers include immigration minister Liam Byrne, minister for Europe Jim Murphy and home office minister Tony McNulty.
The limited changes expected at cabinet level would be the first since January when Peter Hain resigned as work and pensions secretary.
Meanwhile, Downing Street has confirmed the government is considering formalising some of the ad hoc meetings that have been taking place in recent days on the financial crisis.
Number 10 is talking about setting up a "rolling group of people who can quickly take decisions".
But this would not necessarily be similar to the cross-departmental anti-terror and emergency committee Cobra, as reported in the Times newspaper.