"Downing Street said there would now be a joint team of economic advisers for both the chancellor and prime minister.International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has been appointed business secretary and He is being replaced at the international development department by Armed Forces minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Sunak’s grandparents were born in Punjab, India and emigrated to the UK from East Africa in the 1960s. Born in Southampton to a GP father and pharmacist mother he is the eldest of three siblings. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been promoted to International Development Secretary Cabinet Reshuffle: Fayemi seeks assembly’s approval for new commissioners August 18, 2020 Josiah Oluwole The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi [PHOTO CREDIT: @kfayemi] The cabinet reshuffle – live news; Kate Proctor and Peter Walker. UK Politics. “Rather than prioritising the interests of people across the country, he is embroiled in an ego battle between his de-facto deputy Dominic Cummings and his former Cabinet ministers.”He was criticised for slouching in the House of Commons during a Brexit debateLONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 11: Ben Wallace, Defence Secretary, arrives at Downing Street on February 11, 2020 in London, England. Suella Braverman has been appointed Attorney General to replace Tory Gandalf Geoffrey Cox.Ms Braverman is a rampant Brexiteer, a former Brexit minister and an ex-Chair of the European Research Group.She’ll take over as the Government’s lawyer as Mr Johnson plots his revenge on the judiciary for embarrassing him over Brexit. Oman announced Tuesday a limited Cabinet reshuffle that included the heads of the foreign and finance ministries. And Boris Johnson’s profile picture was almost immediately replaced with hardcore pornography.In a tweet, Brandon Lewis said: “I am honoured to have been appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by the Prime Minister. This picture showed him either shrugging... or thanking the heavens.Brexit minister Suella Braverman and Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden both look set for promotion after arriving at 10 Downing Street.Liz Truss, International Trade Secretary, entered Downing Street through the back gates, and knocked on the Number 10 door before heading inside to meet Boris Johnson.Jacob Rees-Mogg seems to be enjoying the government’s apparent failure to sack him despite his comments over Grenfell last year.This morning he declared himself an expert on cartoon characters in the Commons - before telling MPs he was quoting Daddy Pig.The Cabinet minister drew upon Peppa Pig and Thomas The Tank Engine when jokingly challenged by Labour over comments from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser.Speaking ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, Dominic Cummings had suggested PJ Masks - a team of animated superheroes popular with children - could do a better job than all the Cabinet.Commons Leader Mr Rees-Mogg joked to MPs: “As regard cartoon characters, I’m really quite an expert in that.“As you can imagine with six children I watch a lot of cartoons and I’m really quite an expert in that.“I’m actually quoting Daddy Pig, and I feel I have so much in common with Daddy Pig - certainly any DIY I try goes very badly wrong and is best left to others, and my children have me wrapped around their little finger.”He said his son Alfred would also want him to mention Thomas And Friends, noting: “The good news there is for Gordon because Gordon is going to be thundering down a new HS2 line in the not too distant future.”Armed forces minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have both arrived at Number 10.New Chancellor Rishi Sunak told journalists as he walked into the Treasury: “Delighted to be appointed, a lot to get on with, thanks very much.’’Sunak is a relative newcomer to politics - having been elected as MP for Richmond in Yorkshire in 2015.He previously served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the second in command to the Chancellor. These are external links and will open in a new windowSajid Javid has shocked Westminster by quitting as chancellor in the middle of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle.Mr Javid rejected the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides, saying "no self-respecting minister" could accept such a condition.
"Dominic Cummings has clearly won the battle to take absolute control of the Treasury and install his stooge as chancellor. They are more common in parliamentary systems, than in other democratic systems where cabinet heads must be confirmed by a separate legislative body, and occur at pleasure in autocratic systems without suitable checks-and-balances. Cabinet reshuffle in chaos as Tories announce 'wrong' party chairman. It was there he met his future wife Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Indian billionaire and co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy.The pair went on to marry in August 2009 and have two daughters.