Former education committee member David Johnston has been appointed children’s minister after Claire Coutinho was promoted in today’s mini reshuffle.
Johnston, the MP for Wantage, becomes the fifth children’s minister in just under two years.
The post also has responsibility for the important SEND reforms, which are finally set to be trialled in chosen council areas before being rolled out across the country in a few years.
He becomes the seventh children’s minister since a landmark review to reform the broken system was launched in 2019.
