By Ben Kerrigan-
UK education secretary, Justine Greening has retired from the UK government. Greening was first elected as an MP for Putney in the 2005 general election.
Greening was once listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman’s Hour on BBC In 2016, Greening replaced Nicky Morgan as Secretary of State for Education in Theresa May’s first government
She has been replaced by Damian Hinds, whilst Esther McVey has been promoted to be the new work and pensions secretary.
Brandon Lewis has been appointed as Tory chairman, and Matt Hancock is culture secretary and Karen Bradley is Northern Ireland secretary.
In her resignation statement she said: “Social mobility matters to me and our country more than a ministerial career.
“I’ll continue to work outside of government to do everything I can to create a country for the first time that has equality of opportunity for young people wherever they are growing up”.
The precise reason for her resignation is unknown.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson remain in their jobs.
Jeremy Hunt has been renamed secretary of state for health and social care.
Also not moving is Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, but the word “housing” has been added to the title of his department.
Labour described it as a “desperate PR exercise”.
Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn said:
“The government’s big plan for the new year is to dodge the real issues and reshuffle the pack in a pointless and lacklustre PR exercise.“It’s simply not good enough. You can’t make up for nearly eight years of failure by changing the name of a department.”
More reshuffling is expected to continue into Tuesday, with more names expected to be moved into various positions.