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TEHRAN, January 9 -UK Prime Minister Theresa May has changed the lineup of her ministers in an attempt to reunify her cabinet before the next phase of the Brexit talks with the European Union, but there are no signs that she will fire Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -UK Prime Minister Theresa May has changed the lineup of her ministers in an attempt to reunify her cabinet before the next phase of the Brexit talks with the European Union, but there are no signs that she will fire Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
The biggest change came after Justine Greening, the education secretary, handed in her registration and rejected an offer to serve as work and pensions secretary.
"Social mobility matters to me and our country more than a ministerial career,” she said in a statement on Monday.
"I'll continue to work outside of government to do everything I can to create a country for the first time that has equality of opportunity for young people wherever they are growing up," she added.
Experts have attributed the change to Greening’s criticism of May’s policies and her siding with trade unions instead of embracing Tory reforms.
Jeremy Hunt, who led the National Health Service (NHS), for over five years, was appointed as the new health secretary.
May also chose Damian Hinds, a Tory Member of Parliament, as the new education secretary while Esther McVey, another MP, was promoted to become the new work and pensions secretary.
Other major changes included Brandon Lewis, the immigration minister, who would go on to replaces Patrick McLoughlin as Conservative Party chairman.
He is tasked with fixing the Tories’ appeal after a humiliating loss of majority in June's general election, a strategic move that was supposed to finish the opposition Labour Party’s move but reinforced its foothold in the parliament instead.
Northern Ireland minister James Brokenshire, who had resigned for health reasons was replaced with Kren Bradley
Source:Press TV
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