A deal needs to come soon, the head of the Unite Union, Steve Turner, has told Business Secretary, Grant Shapps.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64366998?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Another loyalist, Claire Coutinho, has been drafted in to to take Mr Shapps' old duties as Net Zero Secretary.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12475261/Jeremy-Hunt-Tory-tax-inflation-Michael-Gove-wealth.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66998692?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Business Secretary Grant Shapps said: “The first job of any government is to keep the public safe.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/02/01/half-a-million-scots-to-strike-in-biggest-co-ordinated-action-in-decades/

Business secretary Grant Shapps told the Commons on Monday that anti-strike legislation was a “common-sense” response to the wave of industrial unrest and would help make sure “life and limb” cover comes first during strikes in key sectors.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-strike-tories-sunak-barclay-b2260124.html

Currently in the role is cabinet new-comer Claire Coutinho, the Conservative MP for East Surrey, who replaced the outgoing Grant Shapps just this week.

Source: https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/council-says-its-using-any-and-all-legal-avenues-to-fight-ps300m-wisbech-incinerator-proposals-4277810

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told The Sun: "We don’t comment on submarine operations, but we have always been able to fulfil our international commitments."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1833242/royal-navy-hms-audacious-submarine-expert

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was told by Laura Kuenssberg that cabinet members are fed up of Suella Braverman "shooting her mouth off"

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-grant-shapps-squirms-31418781

Derbyshire asked Shapps (below) if he backed the delay to the ban of new petrol and diesel cars.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23809747.grant-shapps-clashes-bbc-presenter-laura-kuenssberg-show/?ref=rss

Ed Miliband, the shadow secretary of state for net zero, said: “Mainstream Conservatives are right to be alarmed by the climate failure and lurch towards a culture war on the part of Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/02/sunak-u-turn-on-wind-farms-in-england-draws-wrath-of-green-tories

Grant Shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary by Rishi Sunak.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34952735?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Grant Shapps is no stranger to the walk up Downing Street to Number 10.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-the-hell-has-grant-shapps-managed-to-have-five-cabinet-jobs-in-12-months_uk_64f068fee4b0e2c4bd6b6bad

Grant Shapps says he agrees with description of Hamas as ‘human animals’

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/israel-palestine-flag-suella-braverman-b2427411.html

Instead, Business Secretary Grant Shapps and International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch are representing the UK Government.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11651495/Labour-spending-commitments-destroy-Keir-Starmers-pledge-curb-cash-splurges-critics-say.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"I think the British input (in Japan) is probably both the energy companies - the physical side of it - but also the finance side of it, the finance mechanism, the insurance, the technical know-how consultancy," Shapps said.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/britain-eyes-development-roles-japan-offshore-wind-official-3421326?cid=cna_flip_070214

Lineker bit back at the comments in quote tweets to Jonathan Gullis MP and Grant Shapps, the UK’s defense secretary.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/12/gary-lineker-bbc-broke-social-media-rules-samir-shah-1235666004/

Meanwhile, Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps is meeting oil and gas bosses in Downing Street to talk about the government's decision to invest in home-grown energy sources, including renewables and North Sea oil and gas.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66382265?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Mr Shapps does not have TikTok on his personal phone and his account is managed by his staff.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12486523/Grant-Shapps-insists-wont-posting-TikTok-despite-calls-new-Defence-Secretary-quit-Chinese-owned-social-media-app-security-fears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Mr Shapps is seen as an effective communicator and will be key for Mr Sunak as he leads the Tories towards the general election, expected next year.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23758738.shapps-fifth-cabinet-role-year-sunak-appoints-defence-secretary/?ref=rss

Mr Shapps suggested the BBC needs to fix its “moral compass”, as he urged it to revise its long-standing editorial position.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/10/11/bbc-defends-language-on-hamas-after-attacks-by-senior-tories/