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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar, Kiran Stacey and Michael Goodier

Sunak reshuffles cabinet in attempt to stamp authority on Tory party

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak. The reshuffle follows the sacking of Nadhim Zahawi as party chair. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak has announced a mini-reshuffle to stamp his authority on the fractured Conservative party, alongside a sweeping Whitehall restructure that created four new government departments.

The prime minister promoted Greg Hands, a trade minister, to Conservative party chair tasked with running the May elections campaign, replacing Nadhim Zahawi who was sacked last week for failing to declare his tax affairs.

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