Joyce Anelay, the minister of state for Brexit, will be replaced by Martin Callanan, the Eurosceptic peer who previously led the Conservative group in the European parliament. Lady Anelay only took over the job after the June election, having replaced the former cabinet minister David Jones. George Bridges, another Conservative peer, also left the department at that time, and shortly afterwards it lost its permanent secretary, Oliver Robbins, to No 10. Anelay, formerly a remain supporter, previously served as chief whip in the House of Lords and a minister in the Foreign Office. As part of the mini-reshuffle of peers, Oliver Eden, whose title is Baron Henley, a hereditary Conservative peer, has replaced David Prior as a business minister, and David Cameron’s former director of operations, Liz Sugg, has been made a transport minister.

Source: The Guardian October 27, 2017 15:56 UTC