Dame Diana Johnson moved to Department of Work and Pensions

THE HULL AND COTTINGHAM MP SAID IT HAS BEEN 'AN HONOUR'

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

DAME Diana Johnson has been moved from her role as Policing Minister in a major shakeup of the Government following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

The Hull and Cottingham MP, who was appointed Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention in the Home Office last year, has been moved to become a Minister in the Department for Work and Pensions.

She is replaced by former Industry Minister and London MP Sarah Jones. Dame Diana said it had been “an honour” to work as Policing Minister.

In the role she presided over efforts to tackle crime in town centres, strengthen firearms licensing and reduce knife crime with the introduction of a dedicated taskforce earlier this summer. As reported by GrimsbyLive, she recently spoke about additional police officers on the streets of northern Lincolnshire in the wake of the Government's commitment to 13,000 more officers nationwide during the course of this parliament.