U.K.'s Boris Johnson fires cabinet member Michael Gove

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• U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who survived a no-confidence vote last month, has ousted one of his key cabinet members, Secretary Michael Gove, adding to a string of high-level government officials exiting, Bloomberg reported, citing a U.K. government official.
• Gove was Levelling Up, Housing and Communities secretary, a position that was intended to address wealth and opportunity disparity in the U.K., and was a defining issue of the Johnson government. The cabinet member reportedly told Johnson that the prime minister's time was up.
• The British pound has weakened 0.3% against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday at $1.192 and has lost 1.6% against the greenback in the past five days.
• Johnson has told Cabinet members that he won't quit, Bloomberg said.
• Gove's dismissal comes a day after U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak handed in his resignation; later that day, Johnson named Nadhim Zahawi to succeed Sunak.
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Comments

[Why_is_my_portfolio_red]

I've never fired one of my cabinet members. -K J Un

[Drumboy]

Micheal Gove states the move was political. . . he's from the right, you know. . .

[mog123]

Boris - It’s time to see the Queen.

[Harry Polizzi]

@mog123

See the Queen or be the Queen?

Harry