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Labour calls on de facto PM Dominic Raab to appoint temp foreign secretary to oversee repatriations

DOMINIC RAAB must appoint a temporary Foreign Secretary while he deputises for the Prime Minister, Labour said today.

Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy called on Mr Raab to “name a minister to run the Foreign Office” while PM Boris Johnson remains in hospital recovering from the coronavirus.

She said: “Over the coming days and weeks, decisions will need to be taken in real time to co-ordinate a response to this crisis that will rightly demand the full attention of Dominic Raab and his team.

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