Rishi Sunak is reshuffling his cabinet this morning, with Grant Shapps succeeding Ben Wallace as defence secretary.
Claire Coutinho has been confirmed as Grant Shapp's replacement as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.She was first appointed to government as minister for disabled people, health, and work under Liz Truss's short-lived premiership last year, and was moved to role of minister for children, families, and wellbeing when Rishi Sunak took office in late October last year.
"The first duty of any government is to keep our country safe and I will always work with the new defence secretary on this basis, especially on Ukraine10:10:25 Born in Hertfordshire in 1968, he studied at Cassio College, Watford before graduating from Manchester Polytechnic with a business and finance diploma.
In 2007, he became shadow housing minister and following the 2010 general election - in which he retained his seat with a majority of more than 17,000 - he served as minister of state for housing and local government, being appointed to the Privy Council that June. However, he was removed as party chairman and made a minister at the Department for International Development.
And then in 2022 he was appointed Home Secretary by Liz Truss following Suella Braverman's resignation, although he only held the job for a matter of days before she resigned. He did not respond to shouted questions from our deputy political editor Sam Coates, such as"what do you know about defence," and"why should we trust you with the defence of the nation".Grant Shapps has just made his first public statement as defence secretary - a role he was appointed to in the last half hour."I’d like to pay tribute to the enormous contribution Ben Wallace has made to UK defence and global security over the last 4 years.
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