Rishi Sunak has carried out a mini Cabinet reshuffle, creating four new government departments and appointing a new party chairman after Nadhim Zahawi was sacked for breaching the ministerial code.
The business, trade and culture departments have been restructured into four different ministries, with Downing Street claiming the shake-up will “ensure the right skills and teams are focused on the Prime Minister’s five promises”. Full details of the responsibilities of the new departments will be set out later on Tuesday, it added.
Mr Sunak has also replaced sacked Tory party chairman Mr Zahawi with Greg Hands, who had previously been trade minister. The prime minister sacked Mr Zahawi at the end of January for breaching the ministerial code over his tax affairs.
