While it may be tempting to appoint a stream of loyalists to get her premiership off the ground, Liz Truss will be acutely aware of the need to heal the fissures ripped though the Tory party by the summer’s bitter leadership contest.
Veteran Westminster watchers have started to speculate about who will take the top spots in her Cabinet, with Kwasi Kwarteng thought to be in line for Chancellor and James Cleverly for Foreign Secretary.
