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Esther McVey Had A Rather Underwhelming Promotion

Esther McVey - So Close And Yet Not Far Enough Into Cabinet?
The Huffington Post UK
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Minister for Employment and Disabilities Esther McVey arrives in Downing Street, London, as Prime Minister David Cameron starting putting his new ministerial team in place.
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Employment minister Esther McVey could be forgiven for having been left rather underwhelmed by the reshuffle, as the Liverpudlian former TV star was trumpeted for a much more august promotion.

McVey, who was merely given "attending cabinet" status but kept in position, has been one of the phalanx of female Tory ministers trailed as set for promotion in David Cameron's reshuffle today.

The minister was even billed as a potential "minister for TV" that would seek to help "refresh" the cabinet, but outgoing education secretary Michael Gove snatched the job for himself.

McVey's fate, missing out on a cabinet-level post, was not shared by other female Tory ministers, who did enjoy elevation to be full cabinet ministers, like new education secretary Nicky Morgan and environment secretary Liz Truss.

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Reshuffle 2014: The Results
MOVED: New leader of the house William Hague(01 of28)
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Hague has left the Foreign Office to be leader of the House of Commons and First Secretary of State, planning to leave Parliament outright next year.
SAFE: Chancellor George Osborne(02 of28)
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SAFE: Home secretary Theresa May(03 of28)
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IN: New defence secretary Michael Fallon(04 of28)
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SAFE: Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith(05 of28)
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SAFE: Justice secretary Chris Grayling(06 of28)
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IN: New education secretary Nicky Morgan (07 of28)
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SAFE: Communities secretary Eric Pickles(08 of28)
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SAFE: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt(09 of28)
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OUT: Environment secretary Owen Paterson(10 of28)
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IN: New environment secretary Liz Truss(11 of28)
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SAFE: International development secretary Justine Greening(12 of28)
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SAFE: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin(13 of28)
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SAFE: Culture secretary Sajid Javid(14 of28)
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SAFE: Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers(15 of28)
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OUT: Welsh Secretary David Jones(16 of28)
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IN: New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb (17 of28)
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(On the right of this picture)
IN: New House of Lords leader Tina Stowell(18 of28)
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MOVED: New foreign secretary Philip Hammond(19 of28)
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Hammond has moved from defence secretary to foreign secretary to replace William Hague.
MOVED: New chief whip Michael Gove(20 of28)
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Gove has been demoted from education secretary to chief whip. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude(21 of28)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin(22 of28)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Senior minister of state Baroness Warsi(23 of28)
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Baroness Warsi keeps Foreign Office and community briefs. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New universities minister Greg Clark(24 of28)
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Clark (on left) replaces David Willetts as universities minister. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New attorney general Jeremy Wright (25 of28)
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Wright has been brought in as attorney general to replace Dominic Grieve. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: Employment minister Esther McVey(26 of28)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Tory chair Grant Shapps(27 of28)
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(Attending cabinet only)
IN: Business minister Matthew Hancock(28 of28)
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Hancock has been promoted so he now attends cabinet as business and energy minister, as well as minister for Portsmouth.
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