UK defence secretary to quit at next reshuffle

London, July 16 UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Sunday that he would step down from the Cabinet at the next reshuffle, expected in a few months, after serving four years in the job. The minister is believed to...

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Updated At : 12:35 PM Jul 17, 2023 IST

London, July 16

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Sunday that he would step down from the Cabinet at the next reshuffle, expected in a few months, after serving four years in the job. The minister is believed to have informed Prime Minister Sunak of his decision to stand down from the Cabinet last month.

The 53-year-old Conservative Party member of Parliament since 2005 also told mediapersons that he would not stand as an MP at the next general election, expected next year. Wallace has served as defence minister under three British PMs – Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – and has played a high-profile role in the UK’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war conflict.

“I went into politics in the Scottish parliament in 1999. That’s 24 years. I’ve spent well over seven years with three phones by my bed,” Wallace told a media group.

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