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Minister turns up to work after election... only to find he may have been given the boot

Desmond Swayne was a minister at the Department for International Development before the election

Jon Stone
Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:03 BST
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A Government minister has returned to his Whitehall office after the election – only to find himself locked out of the building and his belongings packed into boxes.

Before the election Desmond Swayne was a minister at the Department for International Development.

However the Conservative MP said that upon this return to work this morning his door pass did not work and that his office had been cleared.

He said that he had heard nothing from the Government about whether he would be continuing as a minister.

Meanwhile, Grant Shapps has been appointed a junior minister at the Department for International Development after being sacked as chairman of the Conservative party.

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