September 1, 2023 8:37 AM

Claire Coutinho gets promotion as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary

Claire Coutinho, a close aide of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle yesterday. Ms Coutinho, 38, becomes the second Goan-origin minister after Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Sunak Cabinet, and has a tough brief ahead of her as energy costs have been soaring in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The pro-Brexiter with a Master's degree in Maths and Philosophy from Oxford University, she ...