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Abigail Nicholson

Rishi Sunak's new cabinet including Huyton born Tory MP

Since Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on Tuesday he has already made major changes to his cabinet.

Mr Sunak officially became the new Prime Minister after meeting with King Charles and accepting his invitation to form a government. He has replaced Liz Truss following her resignation after six chaotic weeks in post.

The new Prime Minister has now built a new cabinet team around him as he faces up to what he described as "profound economic" challenges and as he bids to fix the mistakes of his predecessor. Early in the day Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg resigned from his post after being a close ally to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

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The second resignation came from Brandon Lewis who departed as Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary. Mr Lewis has been a regular face in cabinet in recent years, holding down a variety of front bench roles.

In a strange twist, Suella Braverman has been rehired as home secretary, just days after being forced to resign from the same post over a serious security breach. The MP for Fareham stepped down seven days ago from Liz Truss’s administration after admitting to breaking the ministerial code by sending an official document deemed “sensitive” from her personal email.

Gillian Keegan, who was born in Huyton, was made education secretary by Mr Sunak. Ms Keegan attended St Augustine of Canterbury Secondary School (since renamed St Thomas Becket) and then started her career aged 16 as an apprentice at a car factory in Kirkby.

She studied at Liverpool John Moores University and then London Business School and after a successful business career she entered politics. First elected in 2017, she was made a care minister at the health department as part of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle last September.

Here's a list of all the comings and goings from Downing Street yesterday:

Chancellor of the Exchequer - Jeremy Hunt

Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary - Dominic Raab

Home Secretary - Suella Braverman

Foreign Secretary - James Cleverly

Defence Secretary - Ben Wallace

Business Secretary - Grant Shapps

Levelling Up Secretary - Michael Gove

Conservative Party Chair - Nadhim Zahawi

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Oliver Dowden

Leader of the Commons - Penny Mordaunt

Education Secretary - Gillian Keegan

Work and Pensions Secretary - Mel Stride

Environment Secretary - Therese Coffey

Health Secretary - Steve Barclay

International Trade Secretary - Kemi Badenoch

Transport Secretary - Mark Harper

Leader of the House of Lords - Lord True

Wales Secretary - David TC Davies

Scotland Secretary - Alister Jack

Northern Ireland Secretary - Chris Heaton-Harris

Culture Secretary - Michelle Donelan

Attorney General - Victoria Prentis

Minister for Development - Andrew Mitchell

Minister for Immigration - Robert Jenrick

Minister without portfolio - Gavin Williamson

Security Minister - Tom Tugendhat

Chief Secretary to the Treasury - John Glen

Paymaster general and Cabinet Office minister - Jeremy Quin

Veterans Minister - Johnny Mercer

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