Two new education ministers appointed in post-election reshuffle
Anne Milton and Robert Goodwill have been appointed as new ministers at the Department for Education (DfE).
Anne Milton is the MP for Guildford and a former health minister. Goodwill, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby, is a former transport minister and immigration minister.
The two MPs have been appointed their new role in Theresa May’s ongoing reshuffle following the recent general election.
They will replace children’s minister Edward Timpson, who lost his Crewe and Nantwich seat to Labour, and skills minister Robert Halfon.
It has not yet been confirmed who will be carrying out which job.
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