Penny Mordaunt, the Brexit-backing disabilities minister, has been appointed international development secretary to replace Priti Patel, who resigned from the cabinet on Wednesday night. It emerged she had 12 political engagements, including with the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, while visiting the country in August. 22 August Patel met the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. 3 November Patel told the Guardian that the foreign secretary knew about her trip and suggested the Foreign Office had been briefing against her. The point is that the Foreign Office did know about this, Boris knew about [the trip],” she admitted telling the paper.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2017 14:46 UTC