James Purnell, the Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport, has replaced Peter Hain as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, reports the BBC.
Hain resigned today after the Electoral Commission involved the police in an investigation into £103,000 in undeclared donations. Purnell had held his role at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since June 2007. He last worked in pensions in 2006 as Minister for Pensions Reform after holding the Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism role from May 2005. He also sat on the Work and Pensions Select Committee in the House of Commons from 2001 to 2003 and the chair of the All Party Group on Private Equity and Venture Capital from 2002 to 2003. Before joining Parliament he wor...
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