China News Service, February 7th (Xinhua) Comprehensive foreign media reports, British Prime Minister Sunak is expected to announce a small-scale cabinet reshuffle on the 7th, and consider splitting and reorganizing some government departments.
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According to the British "Independent" citing informed sources, the cabinet meeting was rescheduled to 10:30 am on the same day, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a small cabinet reshuffle to improve the declining public support of his Conservative Party .
According to reports, Sunak may split the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy into an independent department, the Department of Commerce and Trade will be merged, and the Department of Energy will be independent; at the same time, the Department of Digitalization will be separated from the Ministry of Digitalization, Culture, Media and Sports Come out and set up a separate science and digitization department.
In addition, Sunak will announce a replacement for Conservative Party chairman Nazim Zahavi, who was sacked for "serious breaches of the code of conduct for cabinet ministers" over his personal finances, The Sun reported. .
Gregory Hands, Secretary of State for International Trade, is expected to succeed Zahavi.
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab will remain in office, the report said.
Earlier, Raab's accusation of "workplace bullying" caused an uproar in the country's justice ministry, but Sunak seemed to want to wait until the investigation was over before deciding whether to stay or not.
"The reshuffle that Raab remains in office shows that Sunak either doesn't care about the victims or actively condones this (bullying) behavior," a Justice Department source said.
"These changes will surprise a lot of people. There will be some very happy winners and frustrated losers," the source said.
At present, Sunak's office declined to comment on the matter.