
The chief minister hopes the three ministers who have left their posts will continue to support government policy.
David Cretney, David Anderson and Graham Cregeen are all absent from the new-look Council of Ministers, having been removed from infrastructure, health and leisure respectively – the latter department is due to be disbanded at the end of this month.
However, Allan Bell insists none of them were sacked and he hopes they will continue to support government from the backbenches:
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