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<\/picture><\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Grant Shapps as the new energy and net zero secretary in a shake-up of government departments.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been broken up as part of the reorganisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Hands has replaced Nadhim Zahawi after the former Tory party chairman was sacked over his tax affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n And Lucy Frazer will head up a streamlined department of culture, media, and sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Sunak’s top team of ministers will meet in the coming hours to discuss the changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Opposition parties say reorganising government departments will be costly and suggest Mr Sunak’s reshuffle is a sign of weakness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Labour’s shadow climate and net zero secretary, Ed Miliband, said “rearranging of deckchairs on the sinking Titanic of failed Conservative energy policy will not rescue the country”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But the government says the changes will help departments focus on the prime minister’s priorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The government said the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will be “tasked with securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Sunak promised last summer – when he was campaigning to be Conservative leader – to re-establish a standalone department for energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The change will see business and trade merged in one department, headed by Kemi Badenoch, and the creation of a new department focused on science, innovation and technology, led by Michelle Donelan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n There have been no changes to the position of Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister. The BBC understands Mr Sunak is waiting for a report into bullying allegations against Mr Raab before deciding on his future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n Mr Sunak has been under pressure to assert his authority over his government and party since taking office in October last year, following the resignation of two prime ministers in a period of heightened political turbulence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But his government has been dogged by political controversies in recent weeks and the Conservatives continue to trial Labour in the opinion polls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rishi Sunak’s five promises analysed<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Have Sunak’s first 100 days been calm or ‘cringe’?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Sunak defends handling of Zahawi sacking<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n Published at Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:50:40 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunak reshuffle: Shapps named energy secretary in department shake-up Getty Images Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Grant Shapps as the new energy and net zero secretary in a shake-up of government departments. 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