UK’s Johnson reshuffles ministers after taxing month — Analysis

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been beneath stress to resign from his publish following a sequence of scandals, shifted the job tasks of some members of his cupboard on Tuesday afternoon. 

The primary announcement noticed Jacob Rees-Mogg moved to a newly created place, shedding his publish as Chief of the Home of Commons and changing into Minister for Brexit Alternatives and Authorities effectivity within the Cupboard Workplace.

This was adopted by adjustments within the whips’ workplace.  Outgoing chief whip Mark Spencer was named as Rees-Mogg’s successor, with No. 10 saying the queen’s appointment of the Sherwood MP as Lord President and Chief of the Home of Commons.

Stuart Andrew was appointed housing minister, transferring from his publish as deputy chief whip. 

In the meantime Chris Heaton-Harris, who had served as Minister of State for Europe, was named Spencer’s successor as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury – a place extra generally generally known as chief whip. 

The whips’ workplace has just lately are available in for criticism regarding allegations that it put unjust stress on Conservative MPs to help the PM amid the Partygate scandal. Whips are tasked with making certain the enterprise of every occasion in parliament.

Johnson’s tough begin to 2021 took one other flip for the worst final week as he inaccurately accused opposition chief Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute baby intercourse offender Jimmy Savile when he led the Crown Prosecution Service.

The PM’s jibe prompted the resignation of Johnson’s personal coverage chief and long-term adviser, Munira Mirza. She was the primary of six aides to go away in fast succession. Johnson had vowed to make adjustments to the way in which No. 10 operated after prime civil servant Sue Grey’s Partygate report revealed “failures of management and judgment” inside Downing Avenue and the Cupboard Workplace.

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