Nursery World - Damian Hinds replaces Justine Greening as education secretary

The MP for East Hampshire was appointed as education secretary yesterday in the Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffle.

The reshuffle is ongoing so check back here for further updates.

The appointment is a promotion for Mr Hinds, who was previously a junior work and pensions minister, overseeing the introduction of Universal Credit.

He replaces Justine Greening who reportedly quit the Cabinet yesterday after losing her education portfolio and turning down the job of work and pensions secretary in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle.

Home secretary Amber Rudd will take on Justine Greening's women and equalities brief.

Damian Hinds, a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee and once chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility, previously sided with the former education secretary Elizabeth Truss in her drive to make learning more structured in the early years.

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