The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia this afternoon met the
Minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington MP in London.
Former justice secretary David Lidington was appointed to Mr Green's old position of
Minister for the Cabinet Office, but did not inherit the title of first secretary of state which marked Mrs May's long-time friend and ally as her effective deputy.
A No 10 announcement said Lidington, who was also formerly leader of the Commons and is a generally popular figure among Tory MPs, had been made
minister for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Damian Green, who was the work and pensions secretary, becomes First Secretary of State - a title held by William Hague under David Cameron - as well as
Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Matt Hancock,
minister for the Cabinet Office, commented "These plans are an important step in our commitment to being the most transparent government ever.
British
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Rt Hon Francis Maude MP said this when called on Minister of State for IT Anusha Rahman here Islamabad.
Francis Maude MP, now
minister for the cabinet office, was in Wooler, to meet managers of the social enterprise, Glendale Gateway Trust.
Labour's plans to shake up the "unrepresentative" service and make it fairer will be outlined in a speech by the shadow
minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Dugher on Tuesday.
Jon Trickett, Shadow
Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: "It is shocking that in a time of raging Tory-led cuts, any public money at all should be going to Eton, one of the richest public schools.
Jon Trickett, Labour's Shadow
Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: "It is essential that a strike is averted.
Francis Maude,
Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: "The new commitments represent a quantum leap in government transparency and will radically help to drive better public services.
She spoke after Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne (Lab), the
Minister for the Cabinet Office, was drafted on to a communications committee created to help the Government get its message across.
