David Lidington, longstanding former Europe minister and leader of the Commons since last June, is the new lord chancellor and justice secretary.
Predecessor Liz Truss has been made chief secretary to The Treasury, a move widely seen as a demotion because she will no longer be a full member of the Cabinet. Truss was fiercely criticised by lawyers over her seemingly lacklustre defence of the judiciary amid fierce press attacks over the Article 50 case.
The appointments were announced this afternoon as PM Theresa May completed her post-Election cabinet reshuffle.
Like his three immediate predecessors, Lidington is not a qualified lawyer. A history scholar, Lidington took as the subject of his PhD thesis ’the enforcement of the penal statutes at the court of the Exchequer c.1558-c.1576’.
Lidington, 60, was educated at the public school Haberdashers’ Aske’s and Cambridge University.
He was elected MP for Aylesbury in 1992. He was Europe minister from 2010 until July 2016, when he was appointed leader of the Commons and lord president of the Council.
Outside politics, Lidington worked for BP and Rio Tinto – Zinc Corporation before spending three years as special advisor to Douglas Hurd in the Home Office and Foreign Office.
Breaking: David Lidington is new lord chancellor
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