The reshuffle pieces – however incongrous – may be falling into place. A government source has just told me that Alan Johnson is expected to go to Home and John Denham to Health. With Cooper to the DWP, and Darling and Straw staying put, that would fill all the main holes. But who else can Brown get as ministers?

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