JAMES Cleverly has been confirmed as the UK's new Home Secretary following the sacking of Suella Braverman.
The Conservative Party is conducting a ministerial reshuffle as Rishi Sunak looks to “strengthen his team in Government to deliver long-term decisions for a brighter future”.
In an extraordinary turn of events, ex-PM David Cameron has been announced as the new Foreign Secretary - the role previously held by Cleverly.
Braverman's sacking comes after she wrote an explosive column in the Times newspaper attacking the Metropolitan Police for its handling of pro-Palestinian marches and allowing a major demonstration on Armistice Day to go ahead.
The piece was not signed off by Number 10.
First Minister Humza Yousaf has insisted there should be a General Election called with the Tories "out of ideas".
Cleverly - an MP since 2015 - was appointed foreign secretary last year by Liz Truss and has previously served as education secretary and co-chairman of the party.
Last month he threatened to withdraw assistance from the Foreign Office when SNP ministers travel abroad.
Earlier this year, he told senior officials across the globe to “confidently” represent “the strengths of the Union” amid fears the SNP were successfully using diplomacy with foreign governments “to promote Scottish separatism”.
Cleverly issued a set of rules to UK diplomats, including telling them to ensure that a UK Government official sits in on any and all meetings between SNP ministers and foreign governments.
In a letter to the Scottish Government first reported by The Telegraph, Cleverly said he was disappointed that the First Minister prevented one of his officials from sitting in for talks with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Icelandic prime minister, during his visit to New York last month.
