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

Live Reporting

Harriet Agerholm

New foreign secretary on their way?published at 18:15 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Leader of the House out of cabinetpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Energy minister demoted to climate postpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Immigration minister 'found out on Twitter' she was sackedpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Mundell out of Scotland officepublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
The former minister says he hopes there is room on the backbenches...
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Listen: A tale of two speeches: May out, Johnson inpublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Relive the moment Theresa May gave her last speech as prime minister and Boris Johnson gave his first.
Click here to listen to both speeches on BBC Sounds.
He's a 'prime minister in a hurry'published at 18:07 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
Nothing has changed, and everything has changed.
This is still a Conservative government, led now by a minister who served alongside Theresa May, was part of her team, part of her cabinet for several years.
But this is different already - everything is changing under Boris Johnson.
He appears to be a prime minister in a hurry.
Hunt 'offered defence job'published at 18:06 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Former Brexit secretary goes into No 10published at 18:05 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Johnson back to 'hand out the jobs'published at 18:05 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Shapps: Boris wants a cabinet that agreespublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Tory MP Grant Shapps told Radio 4's PM programme: "Boris wanted to get a cabinet together that could do what the last cabinet could not do - and that was to agree with each other.
"I think what's going on here in a lot of these cases is colleagues realising they aren't quite right for the position and stepping down.
"I should think quite a lot of them have decided [to step down] for themselves."
Hunt turned down job offer from Johnsonpublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Hunt has resignedpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has resigned.
He was the final contender against Boris Johnson to become prime minister.
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Dominic Cummings is 'hostile' towards Civil Servicepublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
So what of the PM's new senior adviser Dominic Cummings?
Jim Pickard, chief political correspondent for the Financial Times, tells the PM programme he is "instinctively hostile towards the civil service.
"He sees it as a big, lumbering, bureaucratic, monster that stands in the way of clever ideas like his.
"I have some contacts in the Vote Leave campaign - they are really, really loyal to Dominic Cummings. They genuinely think the guy is a genius.
"They think he's brilliant - they don't think he's misunderstood because they do notice he's incredibly rude and abrasive to a lot of the people around him."
Tory MP: This is a bloodbathpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Labour MP attacks Graylingpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Priti Patel in No 10published at 17:56 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Do Johnson's tax and spending plans add up?published at 17:55 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
Reality Check
Boris Johnson has used his first speech as prime minister to make a series of spending promises as part of his plan "to take decisions...to change the country for the better".
Speaking in Downing Street, after taking over from Theresa May as Conservative leader, he outlined pledges including more police and full-fibre broadband across the UK. He also signalled tax changes.
So, how much would this shopping list cost?
The Reality Check team has been looking into the details of policies outlined in the speech and of those he announced during the leadership campaign.
You can read the analysis here.
Corbyn: Johnson speech 'a lot of bluff'published at 17:53 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
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Jeremy Corbyn has said Boris Johnson will be unable to honour his commitment to deliver Brexit by the end of October.
"I don't see how he can," the Labour leader he said.
"All he did today was a lot of bluff about delivering it and a whole load of stuff about the social issues in Britain - of which there are serious problems, most of which he was party to the the creation of.
"He has then offered tax cuts to the very richest which isn't going to solve any of the problems he outlined.
"We certainly do need something much more serious in our approach to Europe as well as to the problems of inequality in this country."
Sajid Javid in No 10published at 17:48 British Summer Time 24 July 2019
The Home Secretary and former leadership contender Sajid Javid has been seen going into No 10 to meet Boris Johnson.