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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
British PM Johnson names Sajid Javid as finance minister
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson names former interior minister Sajid Javid to take over from Philip Hammond as finance minister in his first cabinet appointment, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Javid, a former banker from a modest background, was a contender for the premiership but endorsed Johnson when he failed to get enough support from fellow Conservative MPs.
— AFP
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