LONDON – UK Prime Minister Theresa May has changed the lineup of herministers in an attempt to reunify her cabinet before the next phase of theBrexit talks with the European Union, but there are no signs that she willfire Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

The biggest change came after Justine Greening, the education secretary,handed in her registration and rejected an offer to serve as work andpensions secretary.

“Social mobility matters to me and our country more than a ministerialcareer,” she said in a statement on Monday.

“I’ll continue to work outside of government to do everything I can tocreate a country for the first time that has equality of opportunity foryoung people wherever they are growing up,” she added.

Experts have attributed the change to Greening’s criticism of May’spolicies and her siding with trade unions instead of embracing Tory reforms.

Jeremy Hunt, who led the National Health Service (NHS), for over fiveyears, was appointed as the new health secretary.

May also chose Damian Hinds, a Tory Member of Parliament, as the neweducation secretary while Esther McVey, another MP, was promoted to becomethe new work and pensions secretary.

Other major changes included Brandon Lewis, the immigration minister, whowould go on to replace Patrick McLoughlin as Conservative Party chairman.

He is tasked with fixing the Tories’ appeal after a humiliating loss ofmajority in June’s general election, a strategic move that was supposed tofinish the opposition Labour Party’s move but reinforced its foothold inthe parliament instead.

Northern Ireland minister James Brokenshire, who had resigned for healthreasons, was replaced with Kren Bradley.