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Lights! Cameron! Reshuffle Action!

What does this reshuffle tell us about how Rishi Sunak wants to govern?

The reshuffle rumour mill went into overdrive over the weekend, and on Monday morning Rishi Sunak kicked off a day of sackings - and surprise appointments. So the IfG team wolfed down their breakfasts, raced to the office, and assembled in the podcast studio for an emergency recording of Inside Briefing.

Who is in and who is out? What does this reshuffle tell us about how Rishi Sunak wants to govern - and how he plans to fight the general election? And is David Cameron’s return to the Cabinet a masterstroke or a desperate roll of the dice?

What we talked about in this episode

13 NOV 2023 Live-blog

Cabinet reshuffle – November 2023

The IfG team analyses all the latest ministerial moves as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his Cabinet and David Cameron makes a return to frontline politics.

People featured in this episode

Topic
Parliament and the constitution Ministers
Keywords
Government reshuffle General election
Political party
Conservative
Position
Prime minister Home secretary Foreign secretary
Administration
Sunak government
Department
Number 10 Home Office Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Legislature
House of Commons
Public figures
Rishi Sunak Suella Braverman David Cameron
Publisher
Institute for Government

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