Speculation at senior ranges inside Whitehall suggests it could possibly be Dominic Raab or Grant Shapps for dwelling secretary relying on how the negotiations over the job go between them and Rishi Sunak, writes Charles Hymas.
Mr Raab might return to be justice secretary if he’s not dwelling secretary. If not, then Suella Braverman, former dwelling secretary and legal professional normal, could possibly be the following justice secretary.
One of many two large duties going through the brand new dwelling secretary will probably be squaring the circle over whether or not immigration must be allowed to proceed to rise to spice up financial development in potential breach of the 2019 manifesto dedication to carry internet migration down.
This was the supply of the row with Liz Truss that precipitated the departure of Mrs Braverman as dwelling secretary.
The second activity will probably be to give you an improved coverage to reverse the surge in migrants crossing the Channel with Mr Sunak backing a multi-tiered strategy that doesn’t solely depend on the plan to ship migrants to Rwanda to assert asylum.