Liz Truss tonight kicked off her Cabinet reshuffle just 40 minutes after entering Downing Street.
She sacked Rishi Sunak supporters Dominic Raab - who had branded her plans "electoral suicide" - Health Secretary Steve Barclay, Northern Ireland Secretary Shailesh Vara and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, despite Mr Shapps' hopes he could cling to his job.
She packed the Cabinet with loyalists, naming her close ally and neighbour Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, and friend Therese Coffey as Health Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.