Oliver Dowden has been appointed the UK’s new Deputy Prime Minister after Dominic Raab resigned amid bullying allegations.
The British authorities named Oliver Dowden deputy prime minister on Friday, changing Dominic Raab who resigned earlier in the day following a report into claims he bullied colleagues.
As deputy prime minister, Raab had no formal powers however stepped in for the prime minister if he was away from parliament or incapacitated.
Dowden presently serves as cupboard workplace minister in Sunak’s authorities. He was beforehand chairman of Sunak’s Conservative Celebration however resigned from that publish final June after two crushing by-election defeats for the celebration.
In the identical announcement, lawmaker Alex Chalk was appointed new justice minister, a place which was beforehand held by Raab.
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