Shapps Is New Defence Secretary, Right-Wing Papers Flip Out at French Second Homes Tax
Following the resignation of Ben Wallace, Grant Shapps has been appointed as defence secretary.
Plus: the telegraph and daily mail flip out at Macron’s surcharge on Brits with second homes in France; and an ex-Tory MP threatens an academic with legal action for stating her ancestral links to slavery.
With Ash Sarkar and Sam Bright.
- Published 31 August 2023