British Prime Minister Teresa Mae confirmed that she would soon reshuffle her cabinet of ministers. She said this in an interview with the Sunday BBC program “The Andrew Marra Show.”
“Obviously, leaving the post of [head of the Secretariat of the Cabinet] Damian Green before Christmas means that certain changes really need to be made, and I will produce them,” the head of government said.
Sunday British newspapers, including The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph, published numerous reports that May may already on January 8 announce reshuffles in the Cabinet.
The editions suggest that a group of key ministers, including Finance Minister Philip Hammond, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Interior Minister Ember Rudd and Brexit Minister David Davis, will retain their posts.
However, it is expected that the prime minister will appoint at least six new members of the ruling cabinet, including the head of the secretariat of the Cabinet.
The press recalls that May immediately after the resignation of Green, who left his post in December amid a scandal surrounding allegations that many years ago pornographic material was found in his work computer, wanted to appoint the current head of the Ministry of Health, Jeremy, as head of the secretariat Hunt.
However, she postponed her decision for several days due to the height of the crisis in the National Health System, which arose against the background of overcrowding in the country’s medical facilities by patients due to the traditional exacerbation of infectious and chronic diseases in the winter.
Among those who can be dismissed, the publications refer to the Minister of Education Justin Greening, the Minister for Business Affairs Greg Clarke, the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party and simultaneously the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancastrian Patrick McLaughlin and the leader of the House of Commons (the de facto leader of the parliamentary faction of the Tories in the lower House of Parliament) Andrea Leeds.