NEW: Rishi Sunak appoints Lee Anderson, a red wall rottweiler, as deputy Conservative chair.
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🆕 With the approval of His Majesty The King, the Prime Minister has announced the creation of four new departments.
These departments will ensure the right skills and teams are delivering for the British people.
We stand in full solidarity with the people of Türkiye and Syria after the deadly earthquake that hit this morning.
We mourn with the families of the victims.
Europe’s support is already on the way and we stand ready to continue helping in any way we can.
My best pals here are turkish and i work really closely with some turkish people too, this is absolutely shocking this morning. I hope they can get all the help they need there.
Turkish President Erdogan on deadly quakes:
- At least 912 people killed and 5,380 injured
- 2,470 people rescued from under debris
- 2,818 buildings collapsed
- Large number of search & rescue teams deployed to all affected areas