Sunak’s Restless Tories Are Unimpressed by His Cabinet Changes
- Shapps named defense secretary; Coutinho promoted to Energy
- Tory lawmakers fret that Sunak presides over a sense of drift
Grant Shapps
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Rishi Sunak’s limited cabinet reshuffle on Thursday left his Conservatives doubting the prime minister’s resolve to reset the direction of his party as a general election looms ever closer.
The premier faces accusations of dithering, with some Tory members of Parliament saying in private that he has presided over a wasted summer. The sense of drift, they said, is only worsened by Thursday’s ministerial changes and many sought a wider cabinet overhaul to show the party is capable of renewal after 13 years in government.