Rishi Sunak appeared to demote the allies of his predecessor and reward his own supporters as he ploughed on with a ministerial shake-up.
The new Prime Minister continued his reshuffle with the announcement of several junior appointments on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chris Philp, who had both sat around the cabinet table under Liz Truss, accepted less prominent Government roles.
There were new jobs for Sunak loyalists Alex Chalk, Lucy Frazer and Helen Whately, while former long-serving schools minister Nick Gibb returned to the Department for Education.
Chair of the Education Committee and prominent Truss critic Robert Halfon was also promoted.
Mr Sunak is continuing to field criticism over reinstating Suella Braverman as Home Secretary on Tuesday when he announced his new cabinet.
The PM has ripped up his predecessor’s growth plan and pushed back the highly-anticipated fiscal statement from October 31 to November 17.
He also reinstated the fracking ban in England that was scrapped by Ms Truss, and was reviewing key spending commitments, including the pensions triple lock and rising benefits in line with inflation.
The PM has also brushed off opposition demands for an immediate general election and pledged to rebuild the public finances in a “fair and compassionate” way to rectify the “mistakes” of the former, short lived premiership.
The new ministers are:
- Victoria Atkins MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Andrew Griffith MP as Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- George Freeman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Nick Gibb MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Robert Halfon MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
- Alex Chalk KC MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - a demotion from cabinet
- Chris Philp MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office - a demotion from cabinet
- Lucy Frazer KC MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Helen Whately MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Huw Merriman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
- Sarah Dines MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office
- Dr James Davies MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Wales Office
- Mims Davies MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Fay Jones MP as an Assistant Government Whip
- Julie Marson MP as an Assistant Government Whip
•David Rutley MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
•Alex Burghart MP as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
•Maria Caulfield MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care, and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) in the Department for International Trade
•John Lamont MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Scotland Office
•Robert Largan MP as an Assistant Government Whip
•Tom Pursglove MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
•Guy Opperman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
•Leo Docherty MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
•Kevin Hollinrake MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
•Laura Trott MBE MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
•Claire Coutinho MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Education
•Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for International Trade
•Paul Scully MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
•Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
Reappointed to their roles:
- James Heappey MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
- Greg Hands MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
- Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
- Trudy Harrison MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Amanda Solloway MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
- Stuart Anderson MP as an Assistant Government Whip
- Jacob Young MP as an Assistant Government Whip
- Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
•Dehenna Davison MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
•Joy Morrissey MP as an Assistant Government Whip
•Mike Freer MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
•Lee Rowley MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
•Neil O'Brien OBE MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
•Rebecca Harris MP as Comptroller of His Majesty's Household (Government Whip)
•Jo Churchill MP as Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household (Government Whip)
•Nigel Huddleston MP as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
