Rebirth of England.

Chapter 919 New Position

"In this cabinet reshuffle, although I am still behind Theresa May, at least I have narrowed the gap."

"Theresa has more experience than you, and her position as Home Secretary is difficult to shake. Moreover, compared to those core cabinet members, you are too young..."

Barron to Joe Harriman:
"But we can work on the number of supporters within the party, just like we are doing well now."

At the beginning of this year, because the public and the media were dissatisfied with some of Britain's policies, and several Conservative MPs criticized the coalition government for not taking enough action to promote Britain's economic growth, Cameron decided to adjust the cabinet members.

Cameron's spokesman said:

Cameron plans to add more young people and those with the ability to help him formulate policies to stimulate economic growth to his cabinet.

However, the key members of the cabinet and the general direction of economic policy will not change.

In the end, the most important positions in the cabinet, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, remained unchanged.

Joe Harriman's position was changed from Secretary of State for Women and Equalities to Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, concurrently serving as Chairman of the Trade Board.

It can be said that this adjustment represents the enhancement of Joe Harriman's importance in the cabinet. After all, the original Minister of Women and Equalities was often held concurrently by other cabinet members and was a relatively marginal position.

According to information obtained by Barron, Cameron initially intended to appoint Jo Harriman as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, considering her previous experience as a senior executive of SEM Group, which could be considered a "professional match". However, also because of her previous experience at SEM Group, if she was nominated for such a position, she would probably be opposed by media such as the BBC and Sky TV, so she was eventually given her current position.

The person who succeeded Joe Harriman as Minister for Women and Equalities is her former deputy Grace Oliveira, who has a close relationship with Joe Harriman. So, all in all, it can be said that this cabinet reshuffle has enabled Joe Harriman to rise in the "ranking" within the Conservative Party.

And before that, Joe Harriman, based on Barron's advice, had already begun to deliberately win over his own supporters within the Conservative Party.

The Conservative Party currently holds a total of 307 seats in the House of Commons, of which nearly 40 Conservative MPs are already her political allies.

At the same time, she is also promoting and supporting some young newcomers, believing that in the next government, with her support within the Conservative Party, she will be able to gain a more important position for herself.

"How can I thank you, my Lord Duke..."

Joe Harriman looked at Barron with her beautiful eyes, and her seductive lips seemed to hint at something.

"Do you want me to tell you, baby..."

Barron glanced at the watch on his wrist and said with a smile:

"Rosie won't be here for a while, we can warm up first..."

"I don't want her to see me in such a mess when she gets here."

Although Joe Harriman said this, the meaning revealed in her eyes seemed to be completely different.

Therefore, when Rosie Huntington opened the door and entered Joe Harriman's bedroom, the scene she saw made her face turn red immediately...

On July 7, O1 Telecom announced that they have decided to cooperate with Huawei Marconi to start deploying 2G networks in the UK.

As early as March this year, the UK telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, began issuing radio spectrum licenses to the five operators that won the 4G auction.

The five operators that initially obtained 4G licenses were British Telecom (BT), O2 Telecom, Hutchison Whampoa UK Branch, EE and Vodafone.

Of course, just winning the 4G license auction is not the end, because the UK will allocate 4G spectrum from 800MHz to 2.6GHz. In the final allocation stage of the auction, the five operators will also choose the frequency band by "raising their bids."

Ultimately, the 4G spectrum allocation phase brought the British government an additional £2716 million in revenue.

It can be said that the bids made by these operators in this auction were relatively cautious. The final auction brought a total of more than 2.36 million pounds in revenue to the British government, which was much lower than the 10 billion pounds initially expected by the British government.

O2 Telecom won the most important 800MHz spectrum block, and of course, the British government also had higher requirements for this.

为此，O2电信需要在2017年底推出适用于“室内接收”的4G服务，至少需覆盖98%的英伦人口及99%的户外人口。

It can be said that O2 Telecom's 4G network equipment purchase is the largest order in the entire British 4G market, and it is not surprising that Huawei Marconi won this order... After all, Baron is the major shareholder behind the joint venture.

O2 Telecom's 4G deployment in the whole of the UK is naturally carried out in stages, and the first batch of commercial operations will definitely be the most important London area.

At the same time, obtaining this 2G network order from O4 Telecom and the subsequent performance of its 4G network in the London area are also very important for Huawei Marconi to obtain more related orders from other telecommunications companies.

They will naturally give their all to this project.

"We welcome all foreign companies to invest in the UK and hope to bring in capital and technological exchanges. The deployment of 4G networks is very important for the UK's technology strategy and will inevitably give birth to more high-tech companies, which is of great significance to the entire society..."

As Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Chairman of the Business and Trade Committee, Joe Harriman also attended the ceremony where O2 Telecom and Marconi Huawei launched the 4G network deployment and gave a speech on stage.

At this time, Joe Harriman had her long hair neatly tied up, and was wearing a dark suit and trousers with a slightly neutral color, which could not conceal her beauty at all and gave people a sense of dashing appearance.

Well, it’s completely different from the charming and beautiful girl that night…

After attending this event, Jo Harriman will lead a team to Silicon Valley. In order to implement the "technology strategy" she proposed after taking up her new position and build a technology center in the UK, she will try her best to persuade Silicon Valley giants including Microsoft and Google to increase investment in the UK.

After visiting America, Joe Harriman's next stop was China.

The purpose is, of course, to consolidate the results of Cameron's visit at the end of last year, while striving to attract more investment from Chinese capital.

(End of this chapter)