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Liz Truss presided over her first Cabinet meeting this morning following a wide-ranging reshuffle, in which her allies and defeated leadership candidates were retained or promoted. Except, that is, most Rishi Sunak supporters.

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

Victory for couple shows continuing role of European nature conservation laws in post-Brexit Britain

The prime minister has appointed ministers for the great offices of state. Here are some of the other members of her new government

McEwan takes aim at the postwar generation in this old-fashioned but generous and humane portrait of individual indecision against the backdrop of history

This PM is good news for all who want the Tories out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The new minister replaces Shailesh Vara, who had only been in the job since July

Boris Johnson has likened himself to Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome but returned as a dictator

The Fareham MP was the first person to launch a bid to become the next prime minister but later supported Liz Truss.

In Kwasi Kwarteng, Prime Minister Liz Truss has picked an ideological ally as Britain's new finance minister, charging him with tackling a cost-of-living crisis with a tax-cutting, big-spending plan that has worried markets.

Truss became prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix the health care system.