General Election 2017
A round-up of news on the General Election 2017 from the Anglia region.
Hertfordshire MP loses job as Armed Forces minister
The Hertfordshire MP Mike Penning has been reshuffled out of the government after serving as a minister for seven years.
Mr Penning, who has represented Hemel Hempstead since 2005, was the Armed Forces Minister in the Ministry of Defence.
Previously he had been Policing Minister, Minister for Disabled People, a Northern Ireland Minister and the Junior Transport Minister.
Before becoming a politician, Mike Penning was in the Grenadier Guards and a firefighter inn Essex.
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The ups and downs of the reshuffle for the East's MPs
There has been promotion and demotion for MPs for the Anglia region in Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle following the General Election.
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New Ipswich MP to rethink plans for Orwell Crossing
Sandy Martin defeated the Conservative Ben Gummer, who was one of the architects of Theresa May's ill-fated election campaign.
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Cambs MP predicts PM has only six months in office
The Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen, says Theresa May is "not the leader that we need."