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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Amy Gibbons

Liz Truss appoints Sunak ally Greg Hands as trade minister in bid to restore Tory unity

Liz Truss has sent a signal of her intent to bridge the divides blighting the Tory party as she prepares to make a plea for unity to colleagues filing back into Westminster.

The Prime Minister handed a Government job to Greg Hands, who backed her rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership race, in a move that will be widely seen as a peace offering to critics who have accused Ms Truss of surrounding herself with allies.

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