Kelly Tolhurst appointed UK maritime minister
Rochester and Strood’s Conservative MP Kelly Tolhurst has been given the maritime brief at the Department for Transport, as Nusrat Ghani returns to parliament's back benches
Following last week’s UK government reshuffle, the new ministerial briefs have been assigned. Kelly Tolhurst will also have to pick up the aviation brief in addition to her maritime responsibilities, which notably include the introduction of up to 10 new freeports