LONDON, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is continuing to appoint more new ministers during his second full day as prime minister.
He completed a radical overhaul of his cabinet after entering Downing Street on Wednesday, making more changes in lower-ranked jobs on Thursday.
Among the latter, long-time ally Kit Malthouse takes over policing at the Home Office, while George Eustice returns to an environment brief.
In his first Commons speech as PM, Johnson promised a new “golden age”.
He promised to get Brexit done by the current deadline of Oct 31.
After appointing a new cabinet, with Sajid Javid as chancellor, Dominic Raab as foreign secretary and Priti Patel as home secretary, Johnson began the complex job of reshuffling the rest of his government team.
New appointments so far include: Thérèse Coffey – promoted within Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Conor Burns (international trade minister); Chris Pincher and Andrew Stephenson (foreign ministers); Chris Skidmore (health minister) and Chris Heaton Harris (transport minister).
Ministers remaining in their posts include: Jesse Norman – financial secretary to the Treasury; Nick Gibb (schools minister); Mark Lancaster (defence minister); Andrew Murrison (foreign and international development minister); Justin Tomlinson (work and pensions minister) and Caroline Dinenage (health minister).
And those who have lost their jobs include: Stephen Hammond (health minister) and George Hollingbery (international trade minister). — NNN-AGENCIES
