Chloe Smith is now Secretary for Work and Pensions Secretary
New Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her new Cabinet this evening after she was appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen at Balmoral earlier on Tuesday. It follows on from her first speech to the nation, in which she said that her government would "transform Britain into an aspiration nation" and that "together we can ride out the storm".
Following her speech on Tuesday evening, which was held outside No10, Truss began immediately appointing new ministers to form her cabinet. The full list can be found down below.Dominic Raab was the first to publicly announce he had been sacked from his post by Truss on Tuesday evening, after Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel both opted to resign on Monday. Grant Shapps shortly followed suit along with MP Steve Barclay who announced their demotion on Twitter.
Kwasi Kwarteng, who was previously the business secretary under Boris Johnson, was appointed as chancellor, replacing Nadhim Zahawi in the Treasury. And James Cleverly was appointed as Foreign Secretary, succeeding Truss herself in the role. And Former transport Minister Wendy Morton was given the role of chief whip in Liz Truss's new government and will be the first woman to hold the role in a Conservative government. Ben Wallace was re-appointed as Defence Secretary.
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