James Purnell is to return to the Department for Work and Pensions as secretary of state following Peter Hain's resignation from the Cabinet this afternoon.
Purnell was previously pensions minister, before moving on last summer to become culture secretary. In his previous incarnation at the DWP, Purnell distinguished himself by writing a regular pensions reform blog.
You may, however, remember him as the MP whose image was Photoshopped into a group picture released by his local hospital trust. Purnell had turned up too late to be snapped alongside other local politicians.
As scandals go, it has to be said that it doesn't amount to much.
There is more about the new work and pensions secretary on his own website, and inevitably on Wikipedia.
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