PM rewards loyalists in mini-shuffle
Political Fix1 Sep 2023

PM rewards loyalists in mini-shuffle

Rishi Sunak has prepared for the new political term with a mini-shuffle, promoting his closest political ally Claire Coutinho to energy secretary and Grant Shapps to defence secretary. What do the limited changes say about the PM’s grip on his party? The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by columnist Stephen Bush and political correspondent Anna Gross to analyse the shake-up. Plus, what, if anything, did James Cleverly’s visit to China achieve? And Lucy is also joined by the FT’s public policy editor Peter Foster to examine how the UK government is coping with post-Brexit rule changes.


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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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‘Safe pair of hands’ Grant Shapps appointed UK defence secretary


UK foreign secretary hits back at Tory critics of China policy


UK government announces fifth delay to post-Brexit border controls on food


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