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I have been in politics long enough to know one thing for certain: no votes were ever won by changing the names of Whitehall departments. So why do governments constantly do it?

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced a major reorganisation of Whitehall, creating a new department dedicated to energy and another for science and innovation as well bringing various business and trade portfolios under one roof.

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The prime minister hopes this reorganisation will bring faster growth, but he will be disappointed

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

Rishi Sunak is far from the first prime minister to come to office hoping to reconfigure how Whitehall wields power, but such reform brings risks.

The Prime Minister created four new government departments

The Prime Minister created a series of new ministries to focus on growing the economy and addressing problems in the energy sector.