UK names new energy security secretary as Sunak protege is catapulted into Cabinet

Claire Coutinho takes over from Grant Shapps in Cabinet reshuffle

New role: The UK’s new Energy Security & Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho leaves 10 Downing Street on Thursday. — New role: The UK’s new Energy Security & Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho leaves 10 Downing Street on Thursday.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX

Zsuzsanna Szabo

Oslo

Published 31 August 2023, 10:05Updated 1 September 2023, 10:37

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