James Cleverly, named as new education secretary
(Picture: AP)One of Boris Johnson’s newly appointed Cabinet ministers insisted on Friday that Britain has a “functioning” government — but conceded he had no idea how long he would be in his post for.
Despite calls from some senior Conservatives for Mr Johnson to hand over to a caretaker prime minister while a new party leader is chosen, Education Secretary James Cleverly said the interim Government would deliver on its primary function to “provide a service for the British people”.
