Housing has been added to the departmental and ministerial titles at the former Department for Communities and Local Government.
Sajid Javid will remain in place as the cabinet minister responsible for the department and will see his job title changed to secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
A spokesperson confirmed the department has been renamed the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
Sajid Javid is housing (and communities, and local government) secretary, meaning the sector will have a place at the cabinet table for the first time in decades, and housing minister Alok Sharma has been replaced by Dominic Raab.
If we have been counting properly – that’s about the 7th housing minister in 7 years – argh!
Marcus Jones, who was local government minister and carried responsibility for homelessness and supported housing, has also been moved on and is replaced by Heather Wheeler and Rishi Sunak in junior minister roles.
Mr Gauke, who had only been at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for seven months, will now move to the justice department as lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice.His successor at the DWP has not been announced yet.
Esther McVey, who was previously a junior DWP minister, was given the secretary of state role after Justine Greening reportedly turned down the job. Ms McVey was in the DWP ministerial team from October 2013 until March 2015, shortly after the bedroom tax was introduced. She was most recently deputy chief whip.