cabinet reshuffle

By 9am this morning, Suella began her own lifestyle choice of homelessness - sacked as Home Secretary.

But the big news was still to come.

David Cameron emerged from Number 10 Downing Street as both a) the new Foreign Secretary and b) a Lord.

This reshuffle has definitely given the Rishi's cabinet a Pulp Fiction-style adrenalin shot to the heart.

But will it put him back in control of the political agenda? From what we've seen so far, the patrician centrists are back in control and the populists are being shown the door. But how long can the calm last?

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Suella Braverman is out of government... and a shock appointment rocks Westminster.

Anoosh Chakelian and Freddie Hayward record an emergency episode of the New Statesman podcast to discuss the breaking news of Rishi Sunak's dramatic reshuffle following a weekend of protests which the now former Home Secretary had previously branded "hate marches".

This episode was recorded at 10.30am on 13 November 2023, while news of the reshuffle continued to break. For the latest updates and analysis visit https://www.newstatesman.com, or follow our new WhatsApp channel here: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9latS0wajogms2z02c

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Rishi Sunak is struggling to restore order over a divided and unruly Conservative party. His latest attempt, this week, takes the form of a cabinet reshuffle and a restructuring of Whitehall that created four new government departments.

Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Wearmouth and Freddie Hayward break down the main changes and talk about what this disruptive and expensive move tells us about Sunak’s grip on his party.

They also discuss the appointment of the controversial “red wall rottweiler” Lee Anderson as deputy Conservative Party chairman and whether the new departments promise a new political direction.

Then in You Ask Us a listener asks: what is the cost of strikes compared with the cost of giving workers pay rises?

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