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| Theresa May to meet new cabinet after Boris Johnson's Brexit resignation – live | Theresa May to meet new cabinet after Boris Johnson's Brexit resignation – live |
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| The pound was frail on Tuesday after this week’s departures raised worries about a hard Brexit. Sterling stands lower at $1.323. | |
| Simon Derrick, London-based chief currency strategist at BNY Mellon, said: “Current thinking is that May would win a party confidence vote. However, there is a risk that were May to make further compromises in the negotiations with Brussels, more hardline Conservative MPs might be theoretically prepared to abstain or even vote against her in a no confidence vote,” he said. | |
| Feeling very proud of my friend @MattHancock tonight - and proud too that my country will be represented abroad by @Jeremy_Hunt. Hard work, moderation and good sense rewarded | |
| The prime minister faces murmurings of a leadership challenge (note: 1922 committee head Sir Graham Brady said on Monday night that point had not been reached). May’s response focused on the repercussions rather than, say, her own merits: divided parties lose elections. | |
| “If we don’t pull together, we risk the election of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister,” one cabinet minister said in summary of a party meeting last night. | |
| The Sun’s plea: don’t let this ruin the World Cup. | |
| The Telegraph says May is preparing for a leadership challenge. | |
| Daily Mail says Boris Johnson is going “in for the kill” after accusing Theresa May of killing Brexit. | |
| The Daily Mirror focuses on denouncing Johnson. | |
| The FT calls it a “Brexit spat”. | |
| This morning’s front pages – a round-up of which is here – consist of two main strands: May’s tenure is under threat, and the Brexit “dream is dying” (©Boris Johnson) . The Sun reminds us that this is a distraction from the World Cup, and I cannot disagree with that. | This morning’s front pages – a round-up of which is here – consist of two main strands: May’s tenure is under threat, and the Brexit “dream is dying” (©Boris Johnson) . The Sun reminds us that this is a distraction from the World Cup, and I cannot disagree with that. |
| Hello and welcome to a particularly early edition of the UK politics blog. | Hello and welcome to a particularly early edition of the UK politics blog. |
| Today Jeremy Hunt is the new Boris Johnson, shortly after Dominic Raab became the new David Davis. Theresa May is still the prime minister and is due to chair a meeting of her new-look cabinet. | Today Jeremy Hunt is the new Boris Johnson, shortly after Dominic Raab became the new David Davis. Theresa May is still the prime minister and is due to chair a meeting of her new-look cabinet. |
| The rest of last night’s reshuffle is as follows: | The rest of last night’s reshuffle is as follows: |
| Matt Hancock is the new health secretary. | Matt Hancock is the new health secretary. |
| Jeremy Wright is the new culture secretary. | Jeremy Wright is the new culture secretary. |
| Geoffrey Cox is the new attorney general. | Geoffrey Cox is the new attorney general. |
| Also, Kat Malthouse earlier became the housing minister. And Chris Heaton-Harris became a junior minister at the Brexit department, replacing Steve Baker. | Also, Kat Malthouse earlier became the housing minister. And Chris Heaton-Harris became a junior minister at the Brexit department, replacing Steve Baker. |
| If you need to get up to speed, our wrap of where we stood last night is here. | If you need to get up to speed, our wrap of where we stood last night is here. |