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Michael Gove Leaves Education To Become Chief Whip, Teachers And Parents Rejoice

Teachers And Parents Breathe Sigh Of Relief As Gove Leaves Education
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Education Secretary Michael Gove answers questions during the ASCL Annual Conference at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham.
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Teachers and parents, rejoice - Michael Gove has been removed as education secretary by David Cameron.

In a dramatic cabinet reshuffle that also saw William Hague quit as foreign secretary, Gove has become "minister for TV" with a brief to promote the Government's message in broadcast interviews.

Gove's move to Chief Whip will be seen in Westminster as a demotion from a job in which he has shown a personal, and much derided, passion for free schools and stringent academic standards that has been met with fierce opposition from teaching unions.

As the news broke of the former education minister's departure, many took to Twitter to voice their enthusiasm for the role change.

As the Prime Minister shapes up to fight for a Conservative majority in next year's general election, treasury minister Nicky Morgan, 41, is set to replace Gove as one of a number of women and younger MPs being promoted by Cameron in a bid to counter perceptions that his Cabinet is too "male, pale and stale".

But many have already criticised the move:

WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT: THE FULL LIST

Reshuffle 2014: The Results
MOVED: New leader of the house William Hague(01 of30)
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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.
OUT: Leader of the House Andrew Lansley(02 of30)
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SAFE: Chancellor George Osborne(03 of30)
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SAFE: Home secretary Theresa May(04 of30)
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IN: New defence secretary Michael Fallon(05 of30)
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SAFE: Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith(06 of30)
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SAFE: Justice secretary Chris Grayling(07 of30)
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IN: New education secretary Nicky Morgan (08 of30)
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SAFE: Communities secretary Eric Pickles(09 of30)
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SAFE: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt(10 of30)
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OUT: Environment secretary Owen Paterson(11 of30)
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IN: New environment secretary Liz Truss(12 of30)
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SAFE: International development secretary Justine Greening(13 of30)
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SAFE: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin(14 of30)
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SAFE: Culture secretary Sajid Javid(15 of30)
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SAFE: Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers(16 of30)
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OUT: Welsh Secretary David Jones(17 of30)
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IN: New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb (18 of30)
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(On the right of this picture)
OUT: House of Lords leader Jonathan Hill (19 of30)
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Lord Hill has been sent to Brussels to be the UK's new EU commissioner.
IN: New House of Lords leader Tina Stowell(20 of30)
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MOVED: New foreign secretary Philip Hammond(21 of30)
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Hammond has moved from defence secretary to foreign secretary to replace William Hague.
MOVED: New chief whip Michael Gove(22 of30)
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Gove has been demoted from education secretary to chief whip. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude(23 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin(24 of30)
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He also gets the job of Lord Privy Seal from Andrew Lansley. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Senior minister of state Baroness Warsi(25 of30)
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Baroness Warsi keeps Foreign Office and community briefs. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New universities minister Greg Clark(26 of30)
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Clark (on left) replaces David Willetts as universities minister. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New attorney general Jeremy Wright (27 of30)
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Wright has been brought in as attorney general to replace Dominic Grieve. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: Employment minister Esther McVey(28 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Tory chair Grant Shapps(29 of30)
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(Attending cabinet only)
IN: Business minister Matthew Hancock(30 of30)
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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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