And Lord Filkin, widely respected in the children's sector for his work on looked-after children, has been replaced as parliamentary under secretary of state for children, young people and families by Maria Eagle, MP for Liverpool Garston.
Hodge has made a sideways move to the Department for Work and Pensions to take the new post of work minister.
Hughes resigned after admitting she had "unwittingly" misled people over her knowledge of lax visa checks on Romanian and Bulgarian applicants.
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