Boris Johnson has moved his business secretary, Alok Sharma, to work full-time on preparations for the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow this November, a change urged by environmental experts given the scale of the role. For the past 11 months, Sharma has combined being Cop26 president with his job as business secretary. He will now undertake the Cop role full-time, with Kwasi Kwarteng taking the business brief. Kwarteng is currently the number two minister in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Earlier this week, former ministers and climate change experts urged Johnson to make Sharma’s Cop role full-time.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2021 17:48 UTC