The Department for Education is yet to confirm the precise briefs for its ministerial team following the government reshuffle, but sources have told CYP Now that Goodwill will be given the children and families portfolio.
Goodwill, who began his career as a farmer, was first elected to parliament in 2005. Following the 2010 general election, which resulted in a coalition government made up of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, Goodwill was made a government whip.
He went on to become a transport minister in 2013 before moving to the Home Office as an immigration minister last year.
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