George Osborne has resigned from government. Philip Hammond has now been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A statement from No.10 has said
“The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Rt Hon George Osborne MP has resigned from Government.”
Philip Hammond was previously foreign secretary. Hammond also served as Transport Secretary under David Cameron.
Whilst George Osborne had previously been expected to be re-appointed as Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson has now been appointed in this role.
The new appointment of Philip Hammond is one of the first to be appointed into Theresa May’s cabinet. He has been shortly followed by Amber Rudd who is the new Home Secretary.
Michael Fallon and David Davis have also arrived at Downing Street. Michael Fallon is to remain Defence Secretary. David Davis has been appointed as Brexit Secretary.
Liam Fox will lead the new international trade department.
Students at the University of Southampton have reacted on twitter:
Whiff-whaff comes to the world stage. https://t.co/zWjZUy4d4h
— Xavier Voigt-Hill (@Xavdog) July 13, 2016
Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary??? Is this a fucking sick joke
— Mike Dade (@MikeyDade) July 13, 2016
A Theresa May and Philip Hammond face swap is a thing of nightmares pic.twitter.com/U35O4CIocl
— Toby Leveson (@TobyLeveson) July 13, 2016
We are absolutely fucked. Boris said Obama had an 'ancestral Kenyan dislike of Britain' for fucks sake
— Derek (@derekjdurand) July 13, 2016
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