Cabinet reshuffle: ministers break the news on Twitter

Lady Warsi (@sayeedawarsi) signed off as Conservative party co-chairman in a tweet from the official @ToryChairman account:

It's been a privilege and an honour to serve my party as co-chairman , signing off @torychairman , signing on @sayeedawarsi

— Tory Chairman (@ToryChairman) September 4, 2012

In response to Warsi, outgoing Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan also used Twitter to confirm her return to the backbenches:

@sayeedawarsi signing off @welsh_secretary too but I agree great privilege to serve in cabinet but can serve party from back benches too :)

— Cheryl Gillan (@Welsh_Secretary) September 4, 2012

Over to @cherylgillanmp

— Cheryl Gillan (@Welsh_Secretary) September 4, 2012

The official No 10 account has also been used to announce parts of the reshuffle, including a new face as Northern Irish secretary:

PM appoints Theresa Villiers as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. #reshuffle

— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012

PM appoints Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Justice. #reshuffle

— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012

Minister for climate change Greg Barker MP tweeted his reaction to Andrew Mitchell's move from international development secretary to chief whip:

Andrew Mitchell will be great, reforming Tory Chief Whip, affable, thoughtful, bold moderniser, but with real steel in his backbone!

— Greg Barker (@GregBarkerMP) September 4, 2012

No news yet on justice secretary Ken Clarke, but a newly created spoof account had this to say on the reshuffle:

Dave and Nick going to IKEA was such a cop out. I was in Cabinets before they were flat pack. They can't fix furniture or the economy.

— Ken Clark MP (@KenClarkeMP) September 4, 2012

We'll be updating this blogpost as other changes are announced. You can follow all the latest news and reaction to the cabinet reshuffle on our politics live blog.

This article was written by Laura Oliver, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 4th September 2012 10.56 Europe/London

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