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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu

Sunak seeks to appease Tory right by giving Esther McVey ministerial role

Esther McVey makes her way to No 10
Esther McVey is reported to have been tasked with acting as a ‘commonsense tsar’. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Rishi Sunak has attempted to appease the right wing of his party by appointing Esther McVey as a Cabinet Office minister.

The GB News presenter, who was one of the first to be ousted from the 2019 Conservative leadership race, is reported to have been tasked with leading the government’s anti-woke agenda, acting as a “common sense tsar”.

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