LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Downing Street releases the list of ministers that have been appointed following the resignations of over 50 ministers in the past few days:
- Johnny Mercer MP: Minister of State (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs)
- Graham Stuart MP: Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Stephen McPartland MP: Minister of State (Minister for Security) at the Home Office.
- Tom Pursglove MP: Minister of State jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice
- James Heappey MP: Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence
- Will Quince MP: Minister of State at the Department for Education
- Maria Caulfield MP: Minister of State at the Department for Health and Social Care
- Paul Scully MP: Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. He remains as Minister for London
- Marcus Jones MP: Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Matt Warman MP: Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Trudy Harrison MP: Minister of State at the Department for Transport
- Edward Timpson CBE MP: Solicitor General
- Boris Johnson’s announcement that he will leave his position as prime minister has made for an interesting day. Here are the most significant happenings from the last several hours:
- According to a newly appointed member of the cabinet, Johnson will serve as caretaker prime minister until the Conservative party elects a new leader.
- The 1922 Committee of backbench MPs is expected to release a succession schedule next week.
- However, a lot of Conservative leaders, like former Prime Minister Sir John Major, believe Johnson should leave sooner.
- Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of Labour, has issued a warning that his party will introduce a no confidence vote in the Parliament if Mr. Johnson does not resign immediately.
- Johnson stated in a meeting with his new cabinet that the government would not strive to enact new policies and that important fiscal decisions would be left to the next prime minister.
- While Suella Braverman, the attorney general, plans to enter the Conservative leadership race, former health secretary Sajid Javid and the transport minister Grant Shapps are considering it.
- Michael Gove and Dominic Raab, the deputy PM, have both excluded themselves from the race.
- Downing Street has not refused that the PM and his wife Carrie Johnson, would be hosting a wedding party at Chequers later this month.
