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Re: NEW Cabinet & Liz Truss Meets Queen Elizabeth
Liz Truss Meeta Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle.
Liz Truss Culls Cabinet on First Day as Loyalists and Allies Get Top Jobs
NEW Cabinet a near-total purge of Sunak backers
New PM also pledges to urgently tackle energy crisis with plans to freeze bills at about £2,500 a year expected within days
The Guardian 7 SEP 2022.
Queen Elizabeth is seen holding a cane as she prepares to meet with Truss at Balmoral Castle.
Queen Elizabeth pictured meeting with Liz Truss on Tuesday.
Liz Truss insisted the UK will “ride out the storm” of the worst cost of living crisis in a generation as she launched her premiership with a brutal cabinet clear-out.
In her first address as prime minister in Downing Street, she pledged to be “hands on” in urgently tackling the energy crisis with plans to freeze bills expected within days, as her survival in No 10 depends on them.
Truss is expected to announce plans to freeze energy bills at about £2,500 a year until 2024 in the first major act of her premiership – but is unlikely to claw back the cost through customers’ future bills, leaving the taxpayer to pick it up instead.
Liz Truss Cabinet: Who's in and Who's Out -Top Team
Deputy Prime Minister - Therese Coffey
Health secretary - Coffey, who is a close ally of Truss, also takes this role
- Kwasi Kwarteng
- Chancellor - Kwasi Kwarteng. He was previously business secretary.
Suella Braverman Home Secretary
Suella Braverman is one of the big winners in Liz Truss’s first cabinet, replacing Priti Patel as home secretary.
James Cleverly Foreign Secretary
James Cleverly has become foreign secretary, taking over the new prime minister’s former department.
Ben Wallace Defence Secretary
Ben Wallace remains defence secretary, a post he has held since July 2019 and in which he has earned praise for his response to the Ukraine crisis.
Nadhim Zahawi Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Nadhim Zahawi has been named chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - responsible for running the Cabinet Office, the department that supports the prime minister.
Jacob Rees-Mogg Business Secretary
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been given the role of business secretary after being one of the first MPs to back Liz Truss for the leadership.
Kemi Badenoch International Trade Secretary
Kemi Badenoch has entered the cabinet as international trade secretary after surprising many by reaching the last four in the leadership contest.
Chris Heaton-Harris Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Chris Heaton-Harris has been promoted to the cabinet as Northern Ireland secretary, replacing Shailesh Vara who only took on the role in July.
Alister Jack Secretary of State for Scotland
Alister Jack remains secretary of state for Scotland in Liz Truss’s first cabinet, a role he has held since Boris Johnson became prime minister in 2019.
Robert Buckland Secretary of State for Wales
Robert Buckland remains secretary of state for Wales, continuing in the role he took on after Simon Hart’s resignation in July.
Michael Ellis Attorney General
Michael Ellis has been appointed attorney general - the chief legal adviser to the government - and can attend cabinet.
James Heappey Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans
James Heappey will be minister for the armed forces and veterans in the Ministry of Defence.
Chloe Smith Work & Pensions Secretary
Chloe Smith replaces new Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey as work and pensions secretary.
Brandon Lewis Justice Secretary
Brandon Lewis is in the cabinet for a third time, this time in the role of justice secretary, replacing Dominic Raab.
Kit Malthouse Education Secretary
Kit Malthouse replaces new Foreign Secretary James Cleverly as education secretary.
Ranil Jayawardena Environment Secretary
Ranil Jayawardena has become environment secretary, taking over from George Eustice.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Transport Secretary
Anne-Marie Trevelyan has become transport secretary
Penny Mordaunt Leader of the Commons
Penny Mordaunt has returned to the cabinet as leader of the House of Commons, responsible for delivery of the government’s legislative programme, replacing Mark Spencer.
Lord True Leader of the Lords
Lord True has been named leader of the House of Lords, responsible for delivery of the government’s legislative programme in the Upper House.
Chris Philp Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Chris Philp has been appointed chief secretary to the Treasury, attending cabinet, and takes over from new Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke.
Graham Stuart Minister for Climate
Graham Stuart has become climate minister in the business department and will also attend cabinet.
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