Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business Bruce Crawford, who had been negotiating details ofthe independence referendum with theUK government, is retiring from cabinet.
Its main job, under normal circumstances, is to provide the prime minister with a weekly briefing on the security threats facing theUK and to advise thecabinet secretary on the funding needs ofthe intelligence agencies.
Later a Cabinet Office source told the BBC about 5% of public sector workers, from all over theUK, were affected, estimated at tens of thousands of people.
David Cameron chaired a meeting ofthecabinet in Leeds to show commitment to a project the government believes will help regenerate theUK and narrow the north-south gap.
That means a change ofCabinet Office guidance to say that there must be no more bonuses until all the problems at theUK Border Agency have been resolved.