Greg Hands named new trade minister
Greg Hands has been announced as a minister at the the Department of International Trade.
The news follows the sacking of Conor Burns after a complaint of serious misconduct.
In the recent leadership race, Hands supported Rishi Sunak.
Hands is the MP for Chelsea and Fulham and was mostly recently a minister at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He served as a trade minister under Boris Johnson and Theresa May.
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