Boris Johnson takes surprise step of retaining minister in post despite her quitting as MPBoris Johnson has retained Nicky Morgan as culture secretary despite her standing down as an MP before last week’s election. To allow for the surprise move, Morgan has been made a life peer. But she was highly visible during the election campaign while other senior ministers, including Andrea Leadsom and Victoria Atkins, were hardly seen. At the time, senior Tory sources said she had been offered a job and a peerage, but she denied it. “He wanted to keep changes to a minimum; the plan is to focus on what he wants to get done immediately,” she said.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2019 18:33 UTC