Justine Greening quit the Government while Jeremy Hunt fought off attempts to remove him as Health Secretary as Theresa May's much-heralded New Year reshuffle descended into farce.

Theresa May's reshuffle sparked a row after a Conservative MP who opposed moves to relax abortion laws was made the party's vice-chair for women.

Theresa May was left humiliated today after the Conservatives wrongly announced that Chris Grayling was replacing Patrick McLoughling as party chairman.

Dods People draws together a list of last week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

Follow all the latest announcements as Theresa May reshuffles her top team in an attempt to reassert her agenda in 2018.

Theresa May is reportedly set to double the recommended number of new peers in a bid to boost the Government’s chances of its Brexit bill passing through the upper chamber.

The Grenfell Tower inquiry has cancelled its contract with a major auditing company after campaigners, including MPs, raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

More than 24,000 attempts have been made to access pornographic websites in parliament since June’s general election, new figures reveal.

Theresa May will launch a review into parole board hearings following intense public criticism of the decision to release serial rapist John Worboys.

A former boss of the Unite union has ruled out accepting a peerage from Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour’s Keir Starmer has spoken out for the first time since the release of a prolific sex attacker, amid calls for him to explain his role in the case. 

Boris Johnson has sparked a government rift by backing calls for special Brexit stamps after the Postal Services Minister branded them “divisive”. 

A senior MP has called for the Parole Board to publish its reasons for approving the release of a serial sex attacker after just eight years.

Theresa May has slapped down the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council over the local authority’s controversial crackdown on street homelessness ahead of the royal wedding. 

The chair of the Stop the War Coalition and a former boss of the Unite union are in line to become Labour peers, it has emerged.

Theresa May is facing a fresh rebellion after six senior Tory MPs said they will back moves to remove foreign students from immigration figures.

Top Labour MP Angela Rayner has said the party has adopted a “sh*t or bust” economic strategy because it has the “gumption to take a risk”.

World wide disquiet about Russian interference in Western democracies has cracked the debate wide open, exposing once and for all the total inadequacy of today’s legislation, says Shadow DCMS Minister Liam Byrne MP.

Andrew Walker QC has become Chair of the Bar, taking over from outgoing Chair, Andrew Langdon QC, to lead the Bar Council, the representative body for barristers in England & Wales. 

Jeremy Corbyn is to appoint a number of new Labour peers - despite previously stating that he would not do so.

Theresa May is reportedly set to resist calls for a reshuffle of her top team and focus on rewarding up and coming MPs with junior ministerial jobs.

Chris Grayling has defended his decision to jet off to Qatar as hard-pressed commuters were hit with eye-watering rail fare hikes. 

A senior Labour MP was left stranded on a broken down train today as he travelled the country campaigning against eye-watering rail fare hikes.

Theresa May is reportedly facing a humiliating climbdown on including international students in official immigration figures.