Cabinet reshuffle: ministers break the news on Twitter

Tuesday's cabinet reshuffle by David Cameron is being dubbed the first Twitter reshuffle as outgoing and incoming members tweet their moves. Lady Warsi ( @sayeedawarsi ) signed off as Conservative party co-chairman in a tweet from the official @ToryChairman account: It's been a privilege and an honour to serve my party as co-chairman , signing off @ torychairman , signing on @ sayeedawarsi — Tory Chairman (@ToryChairman) September 4, 2012 In response to Warsi, outgoing Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan also used Twitter to confirm her return to the backbenches: @ sayeedawarsi signing off @ welsh_secretary too but I agree great privilege to serve in cabinet but can serve party from back benches too :) — Cheryl Gillan (@Welsh_Secretary) September 4, 2012 Over to @ cherylgillanmp — Cheryl Gillan (@Welsh_Secretary) September 4, 2012 The official No 10 account has also been used to announce parts of the reshuffle, including a new face as Northern Irish secretary: PM appoints Theresa Villiers as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. # reshuffle — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012 PM appoints Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Justice. # reshuffle — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012 Minister for climate change Greg Barker MP tweeted his reaction to Andrew Mitchell's move from international development secretary to chief whip: Andrew Mitchell will be great, reforming Tory Chief Whip, affable, thoughtful, bold moderniser, but with real steel in his backbone! — Greg Barker (@GregBarkerMP) September 4, 2012 No news yet on justice secretary Ken Clarke, but a newly created spoof account had this to say on the reshuffle: Dave and Nick going to IKEA was such a cop out. I was in Cabinets before they were flat pack. They can't fix furniture or the economy. — Ken Clark MP (@KenClarkeMP) September 4, 2012 The spoof Ken Clarke perhaps sensed his time as justice secretary was up. And correctly so: PM appoints Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Justice. # reshuffle — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012 Ken Clarke has suffered a demotion: PM appoints Kenneth Clarke as Minister without Portfolio (attending Cabinet). # reshuffle — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) September 4, 2012 The shadow justice secretary, Labour's Sadiq Khan, shared the concerns of the Howard League for Penal Reform regarding Ken's demotion and tweeted: Perhaps Cameron might wish to explain what, during his 28 months at Justice, he thinks Clarke did wrong to warrant being moved? # reshuffle — Sadiq Khan MP (@SadiqKhan) September 4, 2012 He added: Look forward to shadowing Chris Grayling – will he ditch Ken's policies or is it more of the same? # reshuffle — Sadiq Khan MP (@SadiqKhan) September 4, 2012 We'll be updating this blogpost as other changes are announced. You can follow all the latest news and reaction to the cabinet reshuffle on our politics live blog .