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There have been plenty of sackings this evening but one man who has kept his role is Ben Wallace.

He remains defence secretary, a post he has held since July 2019 and in which he has earned praise for his response to the Ukraine crisis.

Once considered a favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, he surprised many by deciding not to stand in the leadership contest and backed Truss after she reached the last round.

A former ski instructor, Wallace trained at Sandhurst before joining the Scots Guards as a platoon commander.

During his eight-year spell in the Army, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize and Northern Ireland where he helped thwart an IRA bomb attack.

Ben Wallace stays in his position as defence secretary.

Wendy Morton has been given the role of chief whip in Liz Truss's new government, responsible for party discipline.

She is the first woman to hold the role in a Conservative government and will attend cabinet.

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, BBC News

There is no doubt this is a very diverse cabinet.

Not a single white man will occupy one of the four great offices of state - prime minister, chancellor, home secretary or foreign secretary.

In her top four posts, Liz Truss has appointed:

• Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor
• James Cleverly as foreign secretary
• Suella Braverman as home secretary
• Therese Coffey as deputy prime minister and health secretary

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, BBC News

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Suella Braverman has taken on one of the great offices of state as home secretary.

She ran to be the leader herself earlier in the Tory leadership contest.

She’ll be tasked with projects such as the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, which has faced legal challenges.

She’s a barrister who was previously the attorney general.

Her parents emigrated to the UK in the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius, and both spent time in local politics – with her mother being a Conservative councillor for 16 years.

She has two children, studied law at Cambridge, and, I’m told, loves sushi.

Braverman was the first cabinet minister to take maternity leave – after the law was changed so that cabinet ministers could receive paid maternity leave, having previously been expected to resign their ministerial positions.

Suella Braverman will succeed Priti Patel as the new home secretary.

Braverman previously held the role of attorney general in Boris Johnson's government and was the first person to announce her intention to stand in the Tory leadership contest earlier this year.

In Patel's resignation letter yesterday she said it was “vital” that her successor continued her policies, including the controversial plan to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, BBC News

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This won’t be a totally new department for James Cleverley.

He’s been a foreign minister before – both for the Middle East and North Africa, and later for Europe and North America.

He most recently served as education secretary under Boris Johnson.

He was previously in the army and trained at Sandhurst.

Outside of work, he apparently enjoys painting model soldiers and hanging out with his border terriers.

He’ll have a busy brief ahead as foreign secretary with the ongoing war in Ukraine and the UK government’s current plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol – an element of the Brexit deal agreed with the EU.

James Cleverly has been handed the role of foreign secretary in Liz Truss's new government.

He will be succeeding Truss herself in the role, inheriting a fairly bulging in-tray of his own.

The war in Ukraine is a huge issue and one that Truss has focused on.

In her maiden speech earlier, Truss pointed to Vladimir Putin's aggression as the reason for soaring energy bills.

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, BBC News

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Kwasi Kwarteng is now the man in charge of the economy.

He was previously the business secretary under Boris Johnson.

He’s been vocally supportive of new forms of energy, particularly nuclear power, but was also one of the champions in the previous administration of introducing more renewables such as more onshore wind and solar farms, with incentives like cheaper energy bills where there was local support.

He all but confirmed his place in the cabinet days ago, writing in the Financial Times in what appeared to be an attempt to reassure markets that the government would behave in a fiscally responsible way despite plans to borrow more money.

Kwarteng, who got a scholarship to Eton before studying at Cambridge, worked in finance before entering politics, and has written a book about the legacy of the British Empire.

He’s widely regarded as a close friend, as well as ally, of Liz Truss.

His first big challenge will be Truss’s promised "mini-budget" and help with energy bills.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary under Boris Johnson, has been made the new chancellor.

He will be in charge of the nation's finances as soaring energy prices cause pain for households and businesses.

The new government is expected to announce a package costing billions to cap typical energy bills at around £2,500, with full details expected on Thursday.

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The first appointment is in...

Therese Coffey has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care.

She will also hold the position of deputy prime minister.

A long-term political ally of Liz Truss, the MP for Suffolk Coastal was most recently the work and pensions secretary in Boris Johnson's cabinet.

As Coffey left Downing Street this evening she told awaiting journalists: "I'm very excited, thank you".

David Wallace Lockhart
BBC political correspondent

We’re at five MPs who’ve now gone into Number 10 Downing Street.

What do they all have in common? They all backed Liz Truss for leader.

As we've noted, prominent Sunak backers Dominic Raab, Grant Shapps and Steve Barclay have all been sacked.

Will any of Rishi Sunak supporters find themselves in Liz Truss’s cabinet? If not, the process of healing the party after a bruising leadership contest could prove more difficult.

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Liz Truss gave her first speech as prime minister in Downing Street earlier, before going into Number 10. It now appears she's making cabinet appointments.

But what happens on the other side of the door when the new PM turns away from the world's cameras and walks in?

These pictures from the No 10 photographer show Downing Street staff lining the corridors to applaud Truss as she and her husband entered their new home.

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Andrew Stephenson has confirmed he is no longer Conservative Party chairman, as Liz Truss carries out her first cabinet reshuffle as prime minister.

Therese Coffey - tipped as the next health secretary - has been spotted entering Downing Street just now.

She stood at the open door of Number 10 and posed for the media.

She was followed shortly afterwards by Education Secretary James Cleverly, who is expected to become new foreign secretary.

Wendy Morton has also been seen heading in to No 10. She’s widely expected to take on the role of chief whip - the party's enforcer - as Liz Truss was keen on appointing a woman to the role.

Few specifics on how Truss will solve NHS problemspublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 6 September 2022

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Hugh Pym
Health Editor, BBC News

Liz Truss made the NHS one of her top three priorities as she made her first statement on arriving in Downing Street.

She said she wanted to ensure people could get doctors’ appointments and the NHS services they needed, vowing to put the service on a "firm footing".

But there were no clues about how she would achieve those aims.

There was also no mention of social care, though health chiefs say sorting out problems in that area is vital if pressure on the NHS is going to be eased.

A little while ago we shared reaction from US President Joe Biden to Liz Truss's appointment as PM.

Now, the White House has confirmed that he will speak with her later this evening.

"He's planning to call her to congratulate her," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Attorney General and former leadership contender Suella Braverman has been spotted heading into No 10 Downing Street.

She has been tipped to be appointed to the role of Home Secretary after Priti Patel announced she was standing down from the job after Liz Truss became PM.

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent

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So we're getting big-name sackings now.

I’m told by some No 10 sources that we may well see some of Truss's new appointments walk down Downing Street, as is tradition - depending on the weather.

In fact, chancellor-in-waiting Kwasi Kwarteng has just been spotted entering No 10.

Here’s someone guaranteed some good news this evening.

So Raab, Shapps and Barclay are all gone from the cabinet. All three men backed Truss's rival Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest, as the Daily Telegraph's political editor notes...