Boris Johnson: Latest as he takes over as prime minister and picks his cabinet

Summary

Boris Johnson begins his term as prime minister by assembling his team
Sajid Javid is the new chancellor, Priti Patel home secretary and Dominic Raab foreign secretary
It follows a large-scale clear out of cabinet, with Philip Hammond and Jeremy Hunt among those going
Liz Truss, Theresa Villiers, Amber Rudd, Michael Gove, Gavin Williamson and Andrea Leadsom also have roles
Mr Johnson promises the UK will leave the EU by 31 October and sets out his first policy aims in a wide-ranging speech
As Mr Johnson travelled up the Mall for his audience with the Queen, Greenpeace protesters attempted to block his route
Theresa May took her last Prime Minister's Questions and was clapped out of the Commons

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Harriet Agerholm

Williamson 'absolutely honoured' to be education secretarypublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Leadsom takes over businesspublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Morgan becomes culture secretarypublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
The former education secretary takes over from Jeremy Wright.
Williamson back in cabinet two months after sackingpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Gavin Williamson - known for keeping a tarantula in his office - has been appointed the new education secretary, just two months after being sacked after being accused of leaking from cabinet.
Williamson new education secretarypublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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What Johnson said today - and what he really meantpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Nandy on anti-Johnson protestpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Villiers takes over from Gove at Defrapublished at 20:20 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Possible new justice secretary in No 10published at 20:20 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Truss: 'We've had too much limbo'published at 20:12 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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The new International Trade Secretary Liz Truss says it’s “really important” that all cabinet ministers “have signed up to leaving the EU” on 31 October.
Speaking outside her new department, she says: “We’ve already had too much limbo.
“Businesses need certainty, the country needs certainty, we need to get on with it."
Ms Truss also says she is “delighted” with her new role, and will focus on "getting as many trade deals as we can and promoting trade and prompting British exports".
She adds: “My role is going to be making sure businesses are prepared for the export opportunities that lie ahead.”
SNP: 'Worst government since Thatcher'published at 20:07 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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The SNP hits out at the first appointments by Boris Johnson to his government, saying it is "worse than Thatcher".
The party's shadow leader of the House, Pete Wishart, says the cabinet is "packed full of extreme Brexiteers and rabid right-wingers who want to drag us back to a bygone era".
He adds: “This is a Tory cabinet from hell, which Donald Trump or Nigel Farage would be proud of – with members that want to scrap the Barnett formula, privatise the NHS, roll-back workers’ rights, undo the welfare state, cut taxes for the rich, and even bring back the death penalty.
“Westminster is becoming more extreme and out of touch by the day, while Scotland is being ignored and our interests are being side-lined. It's no wonder that support for independence is growing and a majority want a fresh referendum."
Protesters descend on Whitehallpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Witnesses say hundreds of anti-Johnson protesters are outside Downing Street...
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Police have formed a barrier away from the gates of Downing Street
Hancock stays at Healthpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Watson predicts 'early collapse' of Johnson governmentpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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In pictures: Johnson replaces May as PMpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May as the new PM on an eventful day involving the Queen, a packed Commons and speeches by two different British prime ministers.
Here are the day's events in pictures.
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Corbyn reiterates general election callpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Incoming ministers at Treasury and Communities?published at 19:41 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Same party, different times...published at 19:40 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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No return for Tracey Crouchpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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What does Truss think of her new job?published at 19:37 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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