Will Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle restore his authority?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak is struggling to restore order over a divided and unruly Conservative party. His latest attempt, this week, takes the form of a cabinet reshuffle and a restructuring of Whitehall that created four new government departments.
Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Wearmouth and Freddie Hayward break down the main changes and talk about what this disruptive and expensive move tells us about Sunak’s grip on his party.
They also discuss the appointment of the controversial “red wall rottweiler” Lee Anderson as deputy Conservative Party chairman and whether the new departments promise a new political direction.
Then in You Ask Us a listener asks: what is the cost of strikes compared with the cost of giving workers pay rises?
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| 0:28.2 | Hi, I'm Inouche. I'm Rachel. And I'm Freddie. |
| 0:39.2 | And on today's episode of The New Statesman Podcast, |
| 0:41.5 | we analyse the reshuffle and you ask us, |
| 0:44.4 | is not giving pay rises to striking workers a false economy. |
| 0:55.2 | So lots of civil servants will be changing their email signatures |
| 1:01.0 | and letter heads as we speak today, |
| 1:02.6 | because we've had a reshuffle of both ministers |
| 1:04.8 | and whitehall departments this week. |
| 1:06.7 | So I'll just run through the main changes. |
| 1:09.4 | Greg Hans replaces Nadine Taharwi, |
| 1:11.3 | who was sacked as Conservative Party Chair. |
| 1:13.6 | Lucy Fraser is Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, |
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