Jeremy Hunt the New Britain's Foreign Boss after Shocking Johnsons resignation
Jeremy Hunt - Britain's longest ever serving Health Secretary - was today promoted to head the Foreign Office after Boris Johnson's shock resignation.
Theresa May moved to reshuffle her frontbench team after a day of high political drama which threatened to bring her premiership crashing down.
Earlier this evening, she faced down her critics at a crunch meeting with her MPs - known as the 1922 committee - in Parliament, warning them they risk handing the keys of No10 to Jeremy Corbyn if they oust her.
Mr Johnson sensationally quit the Cabinet in protest at her 'third way' Brexit plans less than 24 hours after David Davis' resignation as Brexit Secretary.
In an astonishing parting shot to the PM, Mr Johnson warned her that her plans mean the 'Brexit dream is dying, suffocated by needless self doubt'.
His departure fuelled feverish discussion about whether mutinous Tory MPs will move to topple Mrs May by sending in letters of no confidence.
But the PM has insisted that she will stay on and fight if a leadership contest is triggered.
The promotion of Mr Hunt - a Remainer who now says he would back Brexit - comes weeks after he secured a £20billion a year funding boost for NHS to mark its 70th birthday
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock will move to head up the health service, attorney general Jeremy Wright has become the new Culture Secretary while Brexiteer Geoffrey Cox is being made Attorney General in the shake-up.
Earlier this year Mr Hunt fended off efforts by the PM to move him from the health brief to become Business Secretary - telling her he was determined to stay on and finish the job he had set himself as Health Secretary.
Theresa May moved to reshuffle her frontbench team after a day of high political drama which threatened to bring her premiership crashing down.
Earlier this evening, she faced down her critics at a crunch meeting with her MPs - known as the 1922 committee - in Parliament, warning them they risk handing the keys of No10 to Jeremy Corbyn if they oust her.
Mr Johnson sensationally quit the Cabinet in protest at her 'third way' Brexit plans less than 24 hours after David Davis' resignation as Brexit Secretary.
In an astonishing parting shot to the PM, Mr Johnson warned her that her plans mean the 'Brexit dream is dying, suffocated by needless self doubt'.
His departure fuelled feverish discussion about whether mutinous Tory MPs will move to topple Mrs May by sending in letters of no confidence.
But the PM has insisted that she will stay on and fight if a leadership contest is triggered.
The promotion of Mr Hunt - a Remainer who now says he would back Brexit - comes weeks after he secured a £20billion a year funding boost for NHS to mark its 70th birthday
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock will move to head up the health service, attorney general Jeremy Wright has become the new Culture Secretary while Brexiteer Geoffrey Cox is being made Attorney General in the shake-up.
Earlier this year Mr Hunt fended off efforts by the PM to move him from the health brief to become Business Secretary - telling her he was determined to stay on and finish the job he had set himself as Health Secretary.
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