UK's Former Finance Minister Sajid Javid Appointed As Health Minister

Sajid Javid resigned as Finance Minister last year after he refused to fire his political advisers as demanded by Johnson.

British former finance minister Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as the country's health minister, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Saturday. Javid resigned as Finance Minister last year after he refused to fire his political advisers as demanded by Johnson. Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public who have been living under lockdown. In the latest scandal to rock a government that has overseen one of the highest official death tolls from the pandemic, Hancock wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, saying he had let people down.