The Cabinet Reshuffle: The new Cabinet
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Your support makes all the difference.Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service: John Major, age 50, salary pounds 76,234.
Lord Chancellor: Lord Mackay of Clashfern, 64, pounds 106,750.
The following cabinet members all receive a salary of pounds 63,047:
Foreign Secretary: Douglas Hurd, 63.
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Kenneth Clarke, 52.
Home Secretary: Michael Howard, 51.
President of the Board of Trade: Michael Heseltine, 60.
Transport Secretary: John MacGregor, 56.
Secretary of State for Defence: Malcolm Rifkind, 46.
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: Tony Newton, 54.
Secretary of State for the Environment: John Gummer, 53.
Secretary of State for National Heritage: Peter Brooke, 59.
Secretary of State for the Employment: David Hunt, 51.
Secretary of State for Social Security: Peter Lilley, 48.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: William Waldegrave, 45.
Secretary of State for Scotland: Ian Lang, 52.
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Sir Patrick Mayhew, 62.
Secretary of State for Education: John Patten, 47.
Secretary of State for Health: Virginia Bottomley, 45.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Gillian Shephard, 53.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Michael Portillo, 40.
Secretary of State for Wales: John Redwood, 41.
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords: John Wakeham, 59, pounds 50,558.
The average age of the Cabinet falls from 52.72 to 52.27.
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