After Rishi Sunak completed his new look cabinet on Tuesday night, a Downing Street source declared that the shake-up of the front bench ‘brings the talents of the party together’. The hope in No. 10 is that by keeping supporters of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in senior roles, Sunak will stand a better chance of achieving party unity. In that vein, James Cleverly – who campaigned for Truss over the summer and Johnson this weekend – stays as Foreign Secretary. Meanwhile, former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey – who is Truss’s closest political ally – stays in cabinet, moving to Defra.
Having Braverman in the role of Home Secretary is viewed as key to keeping the right of the party on side
Yet no reshuffle really goes off without a hitch. Sunak is facing a backlash this morning over one of his appointments to a great office of state. Step forward Suella Braverman.
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