5 May 2006
Tony Blair has reshuffled his Cabinet. Major appointments include Margaret Beckett replacing Jack Straw to become the first woman Foreign Secretary.
John Reid has moved to the Home Office to replace Charles Clarke who has returned to the backbenches.
Meanwhile, Alan Johnson takes over as Education Secretary with Ruth Kelly heading up the new Department for Communities and Local Government.
- Full ministerial list, including junior appointments and resignations
- Machinery of Government changes
- PM’s official spokesperson talks about the reshuffle
- Find out more about how Cabinet works
These appointments are now confirmed
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State
Leader of the House of Commons, Lords Reform and Party Funding
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland
Minister without Portfolio
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Minister for Europe, attending Cabinet
The following Cabinet roles remain unchanged
- Chancellor Gordon Brown
- Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt
- International Development Secretary Hilary Benn
- Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell
- Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton
- Northern Ireland and Wales Secretary Peter Hain
- Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Amos
- Constitutional Affairs Lord Falconer
- Attorney General Lord Goldsmith
- Chief Whip in the Lords, Lord Grocott
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