The Spectator

Tuesday

The Spectator

As it happened: the 2014 government reshuffle

18.59 The reshuffle is over and the dust is settling in Westminster. Catch up on all today's events in our Evening Blend email, which has just gone out. if you don't yet subscribe to this free daily update of all the key political events, you can read it in full here and subscribe here. Thanks for following the biggest reshuffle of this Parliament. This live blog is now closing. 18.10 David Cameron has announced the appointment of Tobias Ellwood as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office and, with an invitation to look at the list of all today's ministerial announcements on the GOV.UK website, the end of today's appointments.

Monday

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The 2014 government sackings – as they happened

For all of today's reshuffle updates, including the new appointments and podcast reactions, follow our liveblog here. 23.44 That's it for tonight. We'll be back at 6am tomorrow, with more news of the reshuffle. Will Esther McVey, Liz Truss and Priti Patel become the new faces of David Cameron’s government? And will any of them much welcome the idea that this is a mission to bring more women into Westminster? Join us tomorrow to find out. 23.22 Dear John letters: The Prime Minister has written to the seven ministers who resigned. His hand will be rather sore after all of this sacking.

Friday

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How can we build ‘Brand Britain’?

The Spectator, in association with BAE Systems, hosted a half-day forum entitled ‘Exporting for Growth’ on 27 June. The event was held to discuss what can be done to spread British products and services globally, and to try and promote ‘Brand Britain’. This week's magazine contains a supplement on the same theme, with pieces from speakers at the event and others with an interest in the state of British exports. In it, Martin Vander Weyer argued that we, as a nation, need to broaden our horizons if we want to remain a major player in the global economy: 'There is a fizzing revival of entrepreneurialism in post-recession Britain, and an appetite to go out and sell goods and services that have the hallmark of Britishness which the rest of the world still admires.

Thursday