Keir Starmer announces major Downing Street shake-up
Sir Keir Starmer has announced a major shake-up of his Downing Street organisation as the UK prime minister attempts to get a grip on his government and arrest a slide in Labour’s poll ratings.
Darren Jones, the Treasury chief secretary, will move to a new role in Number 10 in charge of “driving forward progress in key policy areas and reporting directly to the prime minister ”, Downing Street said on Monday.
Meanwhile Tim Allan, a former media adviser to Sir Tony Blair during his first term in office and founder of the Portland communications agency, has been hired to shake up Starmer’s media operation.
Downing Street also confirmed that Starmer was beefing up the economic heft at his disposal, with the appointment of Baroness Minouche Shafik, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, as неговият основен стопански консултант.
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