2018 Panem cabinet reshuffle

Chris Evans carried out the first "reshuffle" of his minority government in January 2018. Following the resignation of his deputy, Fflur Bayliss as First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for the Treasury in December 2017, the reshuffle had been highly anticipated and briefed in the press. There were reports of "up to a quarter" of his cabinet ministers who might lose their positions, including Paul Jeffrey, who had become increasingly unpopular among the Assembly Liberal Party after the 2017 Liberal Party Deputy Leadership Election. The reshuffle was seen as an opportunity for the Chancellor to reassert his authority, greatly diminished following the result of the federal election in the previous spring and the minority government's struggle in getting its legislative programme through the National Assembly. Despite being described by the Chancellery as a chance to "refresh" the Cabinet, few changes were made to the ministerial line-up.