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May appoints new Brexit Secretary

| Updated: November 17, 2018 12:07:56


May appoints new Brexit Secretary

Stephen Barclay has been confirmed as the new Brexit Secretary as Theresa May seeks to fill posts in her cabinet.

The MP for North East Cambridgeshire and Leave supporter had been serving as a minister at the department for health and social care.

He replaces Dominic Raab, who resigned on Thursday over Mrs May's withdrawal agreement for Brexit.

The announcement comes after Amber Rudd was named the new work and pensions secretary.

Mr Barclay - a former director at Barclays Bank - has also held the posts of City minister and a whip at the Treasury.

As per a BBC report, Barclays was not a "household name".

But Mr Barclay has been tagged, by a reporter of the aforementioned news agency, as "ultra-loyal" and  have never rebelled against the government.

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