Nursery World - Early years sector's wishlist for the new minister

The reshuffle at the Department for Education (DfE) saw the
departure of education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss, promoted
to environment secretary, and education secretary Michael Gove replaced
with incomer Nicky Morgan.

It was also confirmed that Nick Gibb, previously schools minister from 2010-12, would be returning as an education minister. Late on reshuffle day - 15 July - it was revealed that Sam Gyimah, the Conservative MP for East Surrey and a Government whip since 2013, would take on the roles of parliamentary under-secretary of state for education and parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office.

However, no news was forthcoming as to who would hold the childcare and early years brief, now that Ms Truss had departed for greener fields.

In the end, it was left to the new junior education minister himself, on 21 July, nearly a week later, to out himself on Twitter as taking on responsibility for childcare and early years.

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