Jacob Rees Mogg has been sacked as Commons leader and demoted to Brexit minister as Boris Johnson launches a mini-reshuffle to distract from weeks of Tory chaos and scandal.
The Prime Minister is reshaping his top team after being deserted by a series of No10 aides and the Met Police launching an investigation into 12 rule-busting parties in Downing Street during lockdown.
Arch-Eurosceptic Mr Rees-Mogg's full title will be Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiencies. He will still attend Cabinet and gets a £35,000 pay rise, too.
Meanwhile, Chief Whip Mark Spencer replaces Mr Rees Mogg as Commons leader and Tory MP Chris Heaton Harris will head the whips office.
Mr Spencer has kept his seat at the Cabinet table, however, despite weeks of criticism over the top Tory's handling of the Owen Paterson lobbying row.
Stuart Andrew was promoted from Deputy Chief Whip to Housing Minister, serving in Michael Gove's Levelling Up Department. He will be the Tories' 11 Housing Minister in 12 years.
He was one of 72 MPs who voted down legislation in 2016 which would have forced landlord to make rented homes "fit for human habitation".
James Cleverly stays in the Foreign Office but becomes Minister for Europe instead of Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America.
And Paymaster General, one of the PM's staunchest defenders in the Commons in recent weeks, was awarded a promotion to Cabinet Office minister.
Angela Rayner, Labour's Deputy Leader, accused the Government of ignoring a debate in the Commons on the cost of living crisis to conduct the reshuffle.
"Today, the Labour Party frontbench was in Parliament proposing measures to tackle food poverty caused by an inflation crisis created in Downing Street and supporting the mental health of our children and young people - vital topics affecting families across the country," she said.
"What was Boris Johnson doing? Reshuffling the deckchairs when he's already hit an iceberg.
"Labour is committed to security, prosperity and respect for everyone. Boris Johnson is desperately trying to save his own skin."
Mr Johnson is under increasing pressure to apologise for amplifying a far right slur on Labour leader Jimmy Savile in the Commons when he said Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute the paedophile when he led the CPS.
Sir Keir was targeted outside in Westminster by anti-vaxx protestors shouting Savile claims and had to be walked to safety by cops as a result.
The PM has so far refused to apologise.
