Sunak appoints Raab Deputy Prime Minister

Dominic Raab has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary by new PM, Rishi Sunak.

It means he returns to the roles he had under former PM Boris Johnson, the BBC reports.

During the summer’s Tory leadership contest, Raab was among the few Sunak-backers who carried on talking him up even when Truss’ victory was all but certain.

Last week, he pledged his support for Sunak after saying that he couldn’t back Johnson as prime minister while the Partygate inquiry continued.

Raab is a staunch Brexiteer, and was Brexit secretary in July 2018 – quitting only months later in opposition to Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

Also, Jeremy Hunt remain in his post as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister.

Hunt was appointed chancellor by former prime minister Liz Truss 11 days ago, after turmoil in the financial markets following the mini-budget and its platform of unfunded tax cuts.

Hunt – who replaced Kwasi Kwarteng – junked nearly all of Truss’s tax cuts and is credited with having restored some confidence in the markets. As a result, he had been expected to stay on as chancellor by many pundits.

Hunt was first elected to parliament in 2005 and joined the cabinet under PM David Cameron as secretary of state for culture.