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Nusrat Ghani becomes ninth construction minister in four years

Nusrat Ghani (official ministerial portrait)
Nusrat Ghani (official ministerial portrait)

Nusrat Ghani, a former transport minister, has become the latest construction minister.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed her appointment yesterday (21 November).

She replaces Jackie Doyle-Price, whose low-key tenure in the post only lasted two months.

Ghani, the ninth construction minister in just four years, was elected MP for Wealden in 2015. She held the post of parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Transport from January 2018 until February 2020.

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