Greg Hands named Tory party chairman as Sunak creates new departments in sweeping reform of Whitehall
Rishi Sunak had sacked Mr Zahawi after an investigation by the Prime Minister's ethics adviser found a serious breach of the ministerial code.
Elsewhere in his mini-reshuffle, Grant Shapps was appointed energy security and net zero secretary, moving from the business portfolio. Energy has been detached from the business department, which is now the Business and Trade department. Former trade secretary Kemi Badenoch has taken over the new brief.
A third department has been created, too, for Science, Innovation and Technology, which will be headed up by Michelle Donelan as secretary of state. It also absorbs the "digital" part of the culture department, which reverts to its title of Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which will be headed up by Lucy Frazer.
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