Sunak removed eight ministers with responsibility
Rishi Sunak removed eight ministers immediately after taking charge as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He called for the resignation of the members of the cabinet of the outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday (October 25) in order to form a new government. News from the Financial Times.
Rishi Sunak was elected leader of the Conservative Party largely unopposed following the resignation of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. As usual, he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday (October 25). There the king appointed him as the prime minister. He also called for the formation of a new government.
Rishi started working immediately after taking charge as the Prime Minister. He gave his hand in the work of forming the cabinet. At the outset, Rishi took an ax to the cabinet of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. According to a report in the Financial Times, the House of Commons called for ministers to resign from Sunak's office.
At least eight ministers have already resigned in response to that call. The list includes trade minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, law minister Brandon Lewis, chief whip Wendy Morton, education minister Keith Malthouse and Tory chairman Jake Berry. Also present are Welsh Affairs Minister Robert Buckland, Environment Minister Ranil Jayawardene and Public Works and Allowances Minister Chloe Smith.
minister Meanwhile, several names have already been announced in the new cabinet. Suella Braverman has been reappointed as the Home Minister. This woman politician resigned from Liz Truss's cabinet last week.
Oliver Dowden, close to Sunak, has been appointed chancellor for the Cabinet Office. Dowden is a former Minister for Culture and Chairman of the Tory Party. He is expected to serve as an important advisor to the Sunak government.
Nadeem Zahabi has been announced as the new chairman and additional minister of the Conservative Party. He will also perform the responsibility of organizing the party for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Sunak reappointed James Cleverley as Foreign Minister.
Besides, Dominic Raab has been made Deputy Prime Minister and Law Minister. Raab held both roles in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet. However, Liz was dropped from Truss's cabinet. He once again regained his old role as one of the most important supporters of Sunak.
And Jeremy Hunt has been made finance minister. He was also in the Liz Truss cabinet. First Kwasi Kwarteng was Trussed by Finance Minister. But after the financial disaster in the 'mini budget' he sacked Kwarteng and replaced him with Jeremy.
Ben Wallace is again Defense Secretary. Sunak returned the post of leader of the House of Commons to Penny Mordant, one of the rivals in the party's leadership election. Grant Shapps has been appointed as the Minister of Commerce.
