Dowden becomes British deputy PM

The British government has named Oliver Dowden as deputy prime minister. He replaced Dominic Raab who resigned earlier on Friday following a report into claims he bullied colleagues.

As deputy prime minister, Raab had no formal powers but stepped in for the prime minister if he was away from parliament or incapacitated.

Dowden currently serves as cabinet office minister in Sunak’s government. He was previously chairman of Sunak’s Conservative Party but resigned from that post last June after two crushing by-election defeats for the party.

In the same announcement, lawmaker Alex Chalk was appointed new justice minister, a position which was previously held by Raab.

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Zainab Sa’id