Updated: Amber Rudd named work and pensions secretary

James Phillips
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Former home secretary Amber Rudd is to return to the cabinet as work and pensions secretary after the resignation of Esther McVey.

Rudd's appointment, confirmed this afternoon (16 November), came a day after McVey resigned the office in protest of the government's draft Brexit agreement. In a statement, Rudd said: "It's a g...

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