Prime
Minister May is set to make alterations to her Cabinet in an effort to reassert
her authority, according to reports. The move follows several major
resignations in May's government over separate scandals.
Deutsche Welle, 7 January 2018
Theresa May in Brussels (Reuters/Y. Herman) |
The
government of British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to undergo a
reshuffle on Monday after a series of high-profile departures.
According
to government sources, several high-profile ministers should expect to be axed.
While May
did not comment on the reshuffle directly, she told the BBC on Sunday that
"some changes do have to be made," and a Labour Party MP, citing
information from colleagues in May's Conservative Party, told French news
agency AFP that she would make the changes Monday.
Ministers
resign amid numerous scandals
The news
comes after May's confidante and Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green was forced
to resign last month over a pornography scandal. Shortly before, Defense
Minister Michael Fallon and International Development Minister Priti Patel
stepped down in separate controversies.
Fallon
resigned in November amid wider sexual harassment allegations in Westminster,
while Patel was forced to quit due to unauthorized meetings in Israel.
Key figures
like Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip
Hammond and Brexit Secretary David Davis are expected to keep their jobs, but
Education Secretary Justine Greening and Conservative Party chairman Patrick
McLoughlin looked likely to be fired in the reshuffle.
According
to the right-wing Daily Mail newspaper, May was expected to clear out the
"pale, male and stale" from her ranks, and hopes to promote more
women and lawmakers from diverse backgrounds in order to build a government
that was "more in the image of the country."
Although
May was severely weakened in June when snap elections failed to deliver the
Conservative victory she expected, the prime minister has managed to hold on to
power throughout the first major round of Brexit negotiations with the European
Union.
"I'm
not a quitter. I'm in this for the long term," May told the BBC, adding:
"Obviously, I serve as long as the people want me to serve."
es/rc (AFP, dpa)
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to promote more women and racially diverse members in a cabinet reshuffle, as she looks to reassert her authority following a string of high-profile departures https://t.co/HS2CUkZLP8 pic.twitter.com/LgkfVMZ8rI— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 7, 2018
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