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08 July 2022
Categories: Legal News , Profession , Constitutional law
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Departures & arrivals at the MoJ as Johnson flails but stays

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The Attorney General, Suella Braverman has thrown her hat in the ring for job of Prime Minister, while the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk and Justice ministers, barrister Victoria Atkins and former entrepreneur James Cartlidge resigned, as Downing Street descended into political turmoil

Braverman, a barrister, told ITV journalist Robert Peston, in a live interview, she thought PM Boris Johnson should step down and announced her intention to stand for the leadership. She retained her job.

Chalk, Atkins and Cartlidge were among more than 50 members of the government to resign as Conservative MPs struggled to persuade Johnson to leave office this week. Since Johnson’s apparent resignation speech outside Downing Street, Chalk has since been replaced by former family law barrister Edward Timpson while Atkins has been replaced by non-lawyer Tom Pursglove. A successor to legal aid minister Cartlidge has not yet been appointed.

Elsewhere, former Lord Chancellor Sir Robert Buckland, who was sacked by Johnson a year ago, has returned to the Cabinet as Welsh Secretary. Former justice minister under David Cameron’s and then Theresa May’s government Shailesh Vara has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary.

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