Recent reports suggest that former chancellor of ex-chequer is expected to be re-instated in the Cabinet and help the government recover from the economic aftershocks of the coronavirus pandemic.
Boris Johnson will reshuffle his top team as Britain gets ready to host a United Nations climate change conference later this year and has reportedly agreed to make Business Secretary Alok Sharma full-time president of the Cop26 summit, the Daily Mail reported.
This means that Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid who had previously resigned as Chancellor last February following a clash with Boris Johnson’s then chief adviser Dominic Cummings, is slated to replace Mr Sharma at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Johnson has declared that 2021 will be a “hugely important year” for the UK on the world stage as it takes over the presidency of the G7 group of powerful industrial nations and hosts the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.
Reports also note that prime minister and Mr Sharma have talked recently about choosing one of the roles full-time yet no concrete decision has yet been made. The Cop26 conference will be attended by world leaders in November – a year later than planned because of the pandemic.
