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Channel4News - And we're off and running on what promises to be a another dramatic day of politics. We'll follow the reshuffle as it happens, the fall out of James Purnell's departure and the little matter of the local election results.

Sit back and enjoy. Or sit forward and take part by leaving your thoughts and comments.

8:46	Channel4News - Our political editor Gary Gibbon says the shuffling got under way around 8am. Most of the conversations will be conducted by phone given many current - and future - Cabinet ministers are still in their constituencies following their campaigning efforts.

8:57	Channel4News - Wires all reporting that Alistair Darling and Jack Straw will remain in post. That's Chancellor of the Exchequer and Justice Secretary respectively. Stories attributed to sources. So no official confirmation yet.

9:05	Channel4News - "Crumbs! An act of personal political courage – or of scheming personal political advancement? At this point almost impossible to judge." Read Jon Snow on the Purnell departure.

9:06	[Comment From SJ ] It's going to be an interesting day!

9:06	[Comment From Geoff ] Only three local council results in so far. When do we expect them all in?

9:08	Channel4News - Geoff - we're expecting the election results to dribble out late morning/lunchtime. To recap, there are elections for 34 English councils and contests for elected mayors at Doncaster, Hartlepool and North Tyneside.

9:15

channel4news - Alan Johnson to replace Jacqui Smith as home secretary, according to sources. More on live blog bit.ly/uyIoq

9:16	[Comment From Kris Jones ] Does Brown have much room to manoeuvre? Surely any existing cabinet minister can refuse to move and be more or less impossible to sack.

9:18	Channel4News - Kris, that certainly appears to be the case as far as Alistair Darling is concerned. As our political editor Gary Gibbon explains here Gordon Brown's dream of putting Ed Balls in No 11 effectively ended last night.

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