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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reshuffled his cabinet following the resignation of Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain.
Here is the new line-up, with changes highlighted in bold:
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
Prime Minister: Gordon Brown
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Alistair Darling
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: David Miliband
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor: Jack Straw
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Jacqui Smith
Secretary of State for Defence; and Secretary of State for Scotland: Des Browne
Secretary of State for Health: Alan Johnson
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for International Development: Douglas Alexander
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: John Hutton
Leader of the House of Commons (and Lord Privy Seal), Minister for Women and Labour Party Chairman: Harriet Harman
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: James Purnell
Secretary of State for Transport: Ruth Kelly
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip: Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families: Ed Balls
Minister for the Cabinet Office; and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Andy Burnham
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Shaun Woodward MP (unpaid)
Secretary of State for Wales: Paul Murphy
Leader of the House of Lords (and Lord President of the Council): Baroness Ashton of Upholiand
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills: John Denham
ALSO ATTENDING CABINET MEETINGS
Lords Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms: Lord Grocott
Minister for the Olympics and London: Tessa Jowell
Attorney General: Baroness Scotland
Minister for Department for Communities, Local Government and the Regions: Caroline Flint
Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN: Sir Mark Malloch Brown
Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister: Ian Austin and Angela E Smith
ALSO ON THE MOVE
Minister for Work and Pensions: Stephen Timms
Minister at the Treasury: Liam Byrne (in addition to his role as Minister at the Home Office and Minister for the West Midlands)
Minister at the Department for International Development: Gillian Merron
Minister at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Baroness Vadera
Minister at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills: Baroness Morgan
Minister for the East Midlands at the Cabinet Office: Phil Hope
Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office: Tom Watson
Chief Whip at the House of Lords: Baroness Royall
Whip at the House of Lords: Baroness Thornton
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