Grant Shapps appointed as defence secretary

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Grant Shapps has been appointed as the UK’s new defence secretary, replacing Ben Wallace in a mini cabinet reshuffle. A key ally of Rishi Sunak, Shapps is viewed as a safe pair of hands who will neutralise what was an occasionally fiery relationship between No 10 and the Ministry of Defence during Wallace’s stint. But the move has rattled some Conservative MPs and former service heads, who voiced concerns about Shapps’s lack of experience in foreign affairs, defence and security. Sunak erred against a wider reshuffle that had been anticipated earlier this summer. Instead, it looks likely to have been...