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And new Housing Minister is Alok Sharma ..
https://twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/874649827086393344
And (finally?) Guy Opperman has replaced Richard Harrington as parliamentary under-secretary of state at the DWP.
And another ...
Caroline Dinenage appointed DWP Under Secretary of State https://www.gov.uk/government/people/caroline-dinenage
Queen’s Speech put back ..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40243782
Just announced: Queen’s Speech to take place on Wednesday next week ...
Queen’s Speech put back ..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40243782
Just announced: Queen’s Speech to take place on Wednesday next week ...
Hope she can make it back to Ascot in time for the day’s big race, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at 4.20….
And new Housing Minister is Alok Sharma ..
https://twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/874649827086393344
that’ll be a poisoned chalice for him, then, as he’ll have to deal with the political/governmental fallout from the tower block fire….
Baroness Buscombe has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The government has agreed a ‘Confidence and Supply’ arrangement with the DUP that will see no change to the pensions triple lock and the universal nature of the winter fuel payment
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-statement-on-confidence-and-supply-agreement-with-the-dup