The ministers No 10 trusts the most to face the public
Grant Shapps and Mark Harper are the most trusted public faces of this government, according to new research for the Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast.
On this week’s edition of the Sky News and Politico podcast we reveal which members of the cabinet are put up for the daily breakfast round – appearing on TV and radio breakfast shows, including Sky’s Breakfast with Kay Burley, to represent the government.
The new league table looks at media appearances – from September to last Friday – finds Mr Shapps, who was energy then defence secretary, and Mr Harper, the transport secretary are joint top.
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James Cleverly, who was foreign secretary and now is home secretary, just behind.
At the other end of the scale three cabinet ministers are chosen to appear by Number 10 relatively infrequently – below some figures who are not in the cabinet.
Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, Lucy Frazer, the culture secretary, and Michael Gove, appear surprisingly infrequently.
Ms Keegan was caught on camera swearing and suggesting she wasn’t getting credit for doing a good job in the aftermath of the Raac concrete scandal, while Gove – once a stalwart of the studios – appears less often.
In his October appearance, he surprised some by floating income or national insurance tax cuts before the election at a time when the Chancellor was saying he could not contemplate tax cuts.
Mr Gove went on to be vindicated in the autumn statement, when there was the big national insurance tax cut, although some felt the headlines at the time unhelpful.
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Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, appeared even fewer times than Keegan, Frazer and Gove, though often organised her own media with a series of controversial overseas trips.
The prime minister and chancellor cannot be judged by this metric since they do not routinely do the morning round.
Men make up three quarter of the appearances by Tories on the morning round.
Sky analysis suggests that women are put on the morning round proportionately fewer times than the proportion of women in the cabinet.
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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq over allegations she lived in properties linked to allies of her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.
It comes after the current Bangladeshi leader, Muhammad Yunus, said London properties used by Ms Siddiq should be investigated.
He told the Sunday Times the properties should be handed back to his government if they were acquired through “plain robbery”.
Tory leader Ms Badenoch said: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddiq.
“He appointed his personal friend as anti-corruption minister and she is accused herself of corruption.
“Now the government of Bangladesh is raising serious concerns about her links to the regime of Sheikh Hasina.”
Ms Siddiq insists she has “done nothing wrong”.
Her aunt was ousted from office in August following an uprising against her 20-year leadership and fled to India.
Ms Siddiq is also named with her aunt in Bangladesh court documents about meetings with the Russian government.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir to sack the minister
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As economic secretary to the Treasury, Ms Siddiq is responsible for policy on both the City and tackling corruption.
She referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics watchdog on Monday following the reports about the properties.
On the same day, the prime minister said: “Tulip Siddiq has acted entirely properly by referring herself to the independent adviser, as she’s now done, and that’s why we brought into being the new code.
“It’s to allow ministers to ask the adviser to establish the facts, and yes, I’ve got confidence in her, and that’s the process that will now be happening.”
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