New Prime Minister appoints Cabinet

Following her appointment as Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss has begun appointing her new Cabinet and other Ministers.

In her first speech since assuming office, the new Prime Minister set out three key priorities for the start of her premiership: economic growth, energy prices, and improving access to NHS services.

Top cabinet posts have largely been filled by MPs who supported Mrs Truss during her campaign to lead the Conservative Party. Key appointments include:

• Kwasi Kwarteng MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Thérèse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Deputy Prime Minister
• James Cleverly MP as Foreign Secretary
• Suella Braverman QC MP as Home Secretary
• Jacob Rees-Mogg MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Chris Philp MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Wendy Morton MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
• Simon Clarke MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Kemi Badenoch MP as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
• Chloe Smith MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Ranil Jayawardena MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as Secretary of State for Transport
• Michelle Donelan MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Alok Sharma MP has been re-appointed as COP26 President
• Kit Malthouse MP as Secretary of State for Education
• Ben Wallace MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence
• Brandon Lewis CBE MP as Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
• Michael Ellis QC MP as Attorney General
• Nadhim Zahawi MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities