Reshuffle: Government changes in full

Full details of the government reshuffle.

Charles Clarke leaves the Home Office to return to the backbenches, having turned down a series of other jobs.

John Reid becomes home secretary and Des Browne defence secretary.

Stephen Timms joins the cabinet, replacing Browne as chief secretary to the Treasury.

Jack Straw leaves the post of foreign secretary to become Commons leader.

Margaret Beckett becomes foreign secretary and David Miliband replaces her as environment secretary.

Geoff Hoon leaves the leader of the House role to take on the post of minister of state for Europe, attending cabinet at times.

John Prescott stays on as deputy prime minister and deputy Labour leader but loses policy and departmental responsibilities.

Ruth Kelly takes over Prescott's and Miliband's policy responsibilities for communities, housing and local government. Alan Johnson replaces her as education secretary.

Alistair Darling becomes trade and industry secretary. Douglas Alexander takes on his dual role as transport and Scotland secretary, joining the cabinet in full.

Jacqui Smith joins the cabinet as chief whip, replacing Hilary Armstrong, who stays in the cabinet as social exclusion minister and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Home Office minister Hazel Blears also joins the cabinet as Labour Party chairman, replacing Ian McCartney who steps down to become minister of state for trade.

Chancellor Gordon Brown, health secretary Patricia Hewitt, culture secretary Tessa Jowell, work and pensions secretary John Hutton, international development secretary Hilary Benn and Northern Ireland and Wales secretary Peter Hain remain in post.

In the upper house, leader of the Lords Baroness Amos, constitutional affairs secretary Lord Falconer, chief whip Lord Grocott and attorney general Lord Goldsmith all keep their jobs.

In the junior ranks former Downing Street political secretary Pat McFadden joins the government as parliamentary secretary for social exclusion, as do former advisers to the chancellor Ed Balls and Ed Miliband as economic secretary to the Treasury and parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office respectively and Vera Baird as parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs.

Liam Byrne is promoted to be minister of state at the Home Office, Jim Murphy
to be minister of state for work, James Purnell to be minister of state for pensions, Andy Burnham to be minister of state for health and
Jim Knight to be minister of state for schools.

Caroline Flint stays at the Department of Health but is promoted to be a minister of state.

Ian Pearson and Barry Gardiner join the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Parmjit Dhanda joins the Department for Education and Skills.

Paul Goggins and Maria Eagle join the Northern Ireland Office

Ivan Lewis joins the Department of Health.

Shaun Woodward joins the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Joan Ryan, Vernon Coaker and Gerry Sutcliffe join the Home Office

Margaret Hodge and Jim Fitzpatrick join the Department of Trade and Industry.

Tom Watson joins the Ministry of Defence.

Meg Munn keeps her job as minister for women, but gets a salary for the first time

Health minister Jane Kennedy, industry minister Alun Michael, environment minister Elliot Morley, farming minister Lord Bach, Home Office minister Fiona Mactaggart and defence minister Don Touhig all leave the government.

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