Rishi Sunak picks Oliver Dowden as new ‘number two’ after Raab’s resignation

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prime minister United Kingdom, Rishi Altarannounced the appointment ‘Number two’ of the Oliver Dowden GovernmentHe is the ruler of the Duchy of Lancaster, an important source of income for the Crown, and an ally of the current tenant of Downing Street. Now, of course, he is trying to resolve the loss of Dominic Raab after the charges against him. Workplace Harassment.

Raab had a double responsibility. On the one hand, it occupied justice portfolio, and on the other hand, deputy prime ministerA position not always present in the distribution of powers within the UK Government.

The altar decided to keep Dowden, with whom he pulled, indirectly subordinate to the Government and who would hold the dukedom. current vice prime minister He also chaired the Conservative Party. that he resigned in June 2022 after a series of electoral defeats for the ‘conservatives’.

In Justice, Prime Minister appointed Alex Chalk, Member of Parliament since 2015 and until now Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ministry of Defense.

Raab announced this Friday that he has resigned from two positions he held as a result of a series of accusations related to allegations of workplace harassment. In his farewell letter, he claimed that he had never committed acts of harassment and that it was in the nature of his job to criticize or dismiss people from his team, citing, for example, moments of tension in negotiations for the future with Spain. Gibraltar

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