So you want to be a Secretary of State?
It is traditionally said civil servants advise, and ministers decide. But is the relationship between the two quite that straightforward?
Daily Politics reporter Giles Dilnot looks at what will be at the top of the agenda for secretaries of state in their first days in the new job.
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