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Boris appoints Steve Barclay as Health Secretary

6 July 2022

5:50 AM

6 July 2022

5:50 AM

Steve Barclay is the new Health Secretary. This is a fascinating move for both political and policy reasons. The first is that it is an admission by the Prime Minister that his current Downing Street operation is not working: Barclay was the chief of staff brought in to ‘get a grip’, and there has manifestly not been much of that.

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