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Liz Truss culls cabinet on first day as loyalists and allies get top jobs

New PM also pledges to urgently tackle energy crisis with plans to freeze bills at about £2,500 a year expected within days

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister's wife calls Liz Truss 'an imbecile' after sacking him to appoint a crony

Felicity Cornelius-Mercer, wife of outgoing Minister for Veterans' Affairs Johnny Mercer, has called new Tory PM Liz Truss "an imbecile" in a fiery Twitter rant

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss Cabinet reshuffle in full: Meet the loyalists backed - and Sunak-backers sacked

The new Prime Minister was branded an 'imbecile' by one sacked minister's wife after ditching Sunak-backers Dominic Raab, Grant Shapps and Steve Barclay, and appointing allies Kwasi Kwarteng, Suella Braverman and Therese Coffey to top jobs

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Liz Truss rewards Tory allies with top jobs as she announces new Cabinet

The new Prime Minister has appointed close alliens Kwasi Kwarteng and Therese Coffey as Chancellor and Deputy PM respectively.

Daily Record

Kwasi Kwarteng: Long-term Liz Truss ally to hold nation’s purse strings

The new Chancellor inherits an economy forecasted to plunge into a prolonged recession as inflation soars to eye-watering levels

Evening Standard

New PM Liz Truss vows tax cuts and energy bill help to ‘ride out the storm’

Liz Truss used her first speech as Prime Minister to promise a package of reforms to ‘transform Britain into an aspiration nation’.

The Independent UK

New Prime Minister Liz Truss announces ministers appointed to cabinet

Liz Truss has been appointing ministers to the cabinet this evening

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Kwasi Kwarteng named Chancellor by new Prime Minister Liz Truss as Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes Business Secretary

New Chancellor invites bank bosses to Treasury

Birmingham Post

Liz Truss's cabinet is Britain's first without white man in top jobs

The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the first time a white man will not hold one of the country's four most important ministerial positions.

Reuters

Kwasi Kwarteng: free marketeer and Truss’s ideological soulmate becomes chancellor

Former business secretary will be helped by close relationship with PM but takes role during historic economic storm

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey, Kwasi Kwarteng and James Cleverly given key roles in Liz Truss’s new Cabinet

Thérèse Coffey is a key ally and friend of the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and has seen her loyalty rewarded

Evening Standard

Liz Truss rewards allies Coffey and Kwarteng after sacking Sunak supporters

The new Prime Minister first carried out a cull of supporters of her Tory leadership rival.

The Independent UK

New finance minister Kwarteng gives UK PM Truss key ally in economic storm

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.

Reuters

Kwasi Kwarteng named Britain's new finance minister

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng as the new finance minister, her office said in a statement on Tuesday.

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The National (Scotland)

Kwasi Kwarteng appointed Chancellor in Liz Truss's new Cabinet

KWASI Kwarteng has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Liz Truss’s Cabinet.

Daily Mirror

Who is Kwasi Kwarteng? Meet new Chancellor who branded Brits 'worst idlers'

Close ally of the new prime minister was first elected in 2010 and has been serving as business secretary in Boris Johnson's government since January 2021

The Guardian - UK

Record of climate denialism indicates how Rees-Mogg will handle energy brief

Green businesses and investors say prospect of green energy sceptic as cabinet minister in charge does not inspire confidence

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss kicks off Cabinet reshuffle as Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps SACKED

The new Prime Minister kicked off building her new-look Cabinet just 40 minutes after entering Downing Street - with a purge of Rishi Sunak supporters

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Evening Standard

Liz Truss Cabinet: The full list of appointments made by the new Prime Minister

Liz Truss has unveiled her picks for Chancellor, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary among others

The Independent UK

Duncan Smith turns down Truss Cabinet job

The former Tory leader said he is happy to remain on the backbenches.

The Independent UK

We need to be prepared for what Trussonomics will mean

What we are about to get is the exact opposite of Thatcherism: an inflationary boom where we try to live beyond our means, but delivered with Thatcheresque determination, writes Sean O’Grady

Evening Standard

British chipmaker IQE urges government support for industry as Newport Wafer Fab review delayed again

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng began a review into a deal to acquire the Newport Wafer Fab in May citing national security concerns

The Independent UK

Who will be in Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

New PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of her coronation

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng: The chancellor with a tough task ahead

The former business secretary’s delicate political manoeuvring has served him well, including backing Liz Truss. But, asks Tom Peck, is ideological fantasy about to hit reality?

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who will be in Tory frontrunner’s cabinet as she prepares to replace Boris Johnson?

Firm favourite to become PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of expected coronation

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