London — British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to refresh her government with a ministerial reshuffle on Monday as she faces a crucial year for Brexit, but the shake-up began with a humiliating blunder. A new chairman of May’s Conservative Party was announced on Twitter, only for the tweet to be deleted and another man named for the post. It was an inauspicious start to a process described as a "refresh" by Downing Street following a tough year in which the prime minister lost her parliamentary majority and faced calls to quit. After striking an interim Brexit deal with the European Union in December however, May begins 2018 in a stronger position. The most senior foreign, finance and Brexit ministers were expected to keep their jobs, but others were due to move in a reshuffle prompted by the sacking of May’s deputy last month. Damian Green was the third minister to leave the cabinet in the space of a few weeks, after the defence secretary and international development minister ...
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