CLEARING HOUSE
Who has Boris Johnson sacked in the Cabinet reshuffle and why?
SAJID Javid has quit and Julian Smith and Andrea Leadsom have been given the boot as Boris Johnson begins a cabinet reshuffle.
But who is staying in and who has been shown the door? Here's the latest.
1
What happened with Javid Sajid?
Sajid Javid, Britain's first Asian Chancellor, walked out after an ongoing feud with the PM's chief adviser Dominic Cummings.
According to a source, Boris Johnson demanded that Mr Sajid fire all his special advisers and replace them with Number 10 special advisers.
Mr Sajid said "no self-respecting minister" could accept such a condition.
He had been due to deliver his first Budget in four weeks' time.
The former Home Secretary was appointed Chancellor by Mr Johnson when he became Prime Minister in July.#
Who else has been dropped from the Cabinet?
February 13 was supposed be a minor reshuffle, with a focus on Mr Johnson's desire to maintain the Cabinet's gender balance.
Instead Mr Cummings launched a surprise power-grab for the treasury leaving the Chancellor's tenure in tatters.
Now Downing Street intends to merge their own special advisers with Number 11, something Mr Javid refused.
Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith, Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom, Housing Minister Esther McVey, Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers, and Attorney-General Geoffrey Cox were all fired by Boris, in a brutal reshuffle.
LATEST CONSERVATIVE PARTY NEWS
Mr Smith was sacked even after he secured a historic power-sharing deal at Stormont.
He had been considered safe for his efforts, but the PM has booted him out over part of the deal which included an investigation into alleged crimes by British soldiers in the Troubles.
The Cabinet was fully briefed on the deal, including the section on the investigations.
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was given his marching orders just ten minutes before he was due to take AG questions in the House of Commons.
Topics