Who is Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Health Secretary, Lytham-born Steve Barclay?
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Steve Barclay who has been made Health Secretary following the resignation of two senior cabinet ministers, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid JavidHailing from a"working class" Lancashire background, Steve Barclay has been the MP for North East Cambridgshire for 12 years.He has previously described himself as coming from a “working class Northern background”.
Mr Barclay came from the first generation of his family to go to university, reading history at Cambridge and spending a gap year serving in the Army with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Mr Barclay said of his appointment: “It is an honour to take up the position of Health and Social Care Secretary.
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