Rishi Sunak’s mini cabinet reshuffle: The new appointments in full
The Metro says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new-look cabinet and has appointed a new Tory party chairman.
Number 10 said the Whitehall shake-up, including the creation of four new departments, will ‘focus teams on the issues that will build a better future for our children and grandchildren’.
Mr Sunak has been looking for a new party chairman for over a week, after the sacking of Nadhim Zahawi.
It was announced this morning that Grant Shapps, will take up a new role as energy security secretary, while Kemi Badenoch will become the new business and trade secretary.
The new Tory party chairman will be Greg Hands, who has been an MP for Chelsea and Fulham, previously Hammersmith and Fulham, since 2005.