Construction post still vacant two weeks after cabinet reshuffle

By Jordan Marshall2019-08-07T05:00:00

Previous incumbent Andrew Stephenson now at Foreign Office

The construction sector is still without a dedicated minister in government nearly two weeks after Andrew Stephenson was moved out of the post as part of Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle.

Stephenson (pictured), who was in the role for just over three months, became a minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 25 July.

The business department, which is the office the construction portfolio falls within, declined to provide a timeline for when his replacement might be named.

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