Eurosceptic Dominic Raab new Brexit secretary



Dominic Raab, a Brexit-supporting minister, has been promoted to replace David Davis as Brexit secretary, British government stated.


Raab was previously housing minister and replaces Davis, who resigned late on Sunday night saying he could no longer support the government’s Brexit policy announced at Chequers last week.

Other names that had been canvassed for the appointment included Michael Gove, the environment secretary, David Lidington, the Cabinet Office minister, and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary and a May loyalist.

Raab’s appointment was welcomed by one of the cabinet’s most committed Brexiters, Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary.

On March 29, 2019, Britain should officially abandon membership in the Union, exactly one year after the official launch of the Brexit procedure.