Dominic Raab appointed UK Brexit secretary
Raab, who had been a housing minister, backed Leave at the 2016 EU referendum. He has been MP for Esher and Walton in Surrey, England, since 2010 and is a former solicitor.
His appointment comes within hours of Davis telling Prime Minister May he had decided to resign, following the Cabinet’s adoption, on Friday, of a new softer Brexit strategy that would tie the U.K. to EU rules governing trade in goods and see the U.K. continue to collect EU tariffs at its external borders.
May’s decision to appoint a Brexiteer to the role is an olive branch to restive Leave-supporting MPs who could seize on Davis’ resignation as an opportunity to launch a leadership challenge against her.
