Oliver Dowden has been named as the new deputy prime minister and Alex Chalk will take over as justice secretary following the resignation of Dominic Raab, who was found to have bullied staff during his time in government.
Mr Raab stepped down from the roles on Friday morning after a report into his conduct found he had acted in an “intimidating way” and was “unreasonably and persistently aggressive” in meetings.
But he has attacked the findings as “flawed”, and claimed they “set a dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government”.
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Mr Dowden had been serving in Rishi Sunak’s government as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office secretary before the new appointment, and will continue in the roles alongside his new responsibilities.
Meanwhile, Mr Chalk – who becomes the 10th justice secretary in 10 years and will also serve as lord chancellor – leaves his more junior role at the Ministry of Defence to take on the department.
In a raft of new announcements, the government confirmed James Cartlidge would move into Mr Chalk’s MoD role – seeing his job as Exchequer secretary passed on to Gareth Davies as his first government appointment.
Number 10 also confirmed Chloe Smith – who served as work and pensions secretary in Liz Truss’ short-lived administration – will step in as science, innovation and technology secretary when the current incumbent, Michelle Donelan, takes maternity leave later this year.
Culture and science minister Julia Lopez is also due to go on maternity leave soon and will be covered by Sir John Whittingdale in both roles.
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