Ben Wallace keen to serve ahead ofCabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace keen to serve ahead ofCabinet reshuffle

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, another minister reportedly under threat, said reshuffles could be "brutal" but said he hoped his military experience and the fact he is a northern MP would help keep him in post.

Defence Secretary Mr Wallace, speaking at Nato's headquarters in Brussels, said: "I have been in this game long enough to know that that British Cabinet reshuffles are brutal.