Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, Downing Street has announced. The Former Chancellor and Home Secretary resigned as finance minister last year after he refused to fire his political advisers as demanded by Boris Johnson.
A statement from 10 Downing Street said: " The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care." It comes after Hancock resigned as Health Secretary the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.
Images and video showed Hancock in an embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo last month, and the Health Secretary was facing increasing pressure to quit.