Boris Johnson’s new cabinet will meet for the first time on Thursday morning, before the new prime minister addresses the House of Commons.
On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson gave key roles to leading Brexiteers.
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel returned to government as foreign secretary and home secretary respectively.
And Sajid Javid became chancellor – as more than half of Theresa May’s old cabinet, including leadership rival Jeremy Hunt, quit or were sacked.
Other key appointments included:
- Stephen Barclay: Brexit secretary (retains post)
- Michael Gove: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and no-deal Brexit planning
- Ben Wallace: Defence secretary
- Liz Truss: International trade secretary
- Matt Hancock: Health secretary (retains post)
- Gavin Williamson: Education secretary
- Nicky Morgan: Culture secretary
- Andrea Leadsom: Business secretary
- Amber Rudd: Work and pensions secretary (retains post)
- Jacob Rees-Mogg: Leader of the Commons
Following his appointment, Rees-Mogg, who led the pro-Brexit Tory European Research Group (ERG), denied the new cabinet had seen a “purge of Remainers”.
He told ITV the new cabinet was made up of “simply people who are prepared to leave on October 31” and there was a “need for a different team”.
Mr. Javid and Ms. Truss – who backed Remain in the 2016 referendum – had also been given key roles, he added.
The UK was originally supposed to leave the EU on March 29, but the deadline was moved to 31 October, after MPs’ rejected Mrs. May’s withdrawal deal three times.
Source:BBC News
