Education will be a 'daunting' brief, says Malthousepublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 7 September 2022
Kit Malthouse, appointed by Liz Truss as education secretary yesterday, has thanked the new prime minister for his new role.
The former policing minister said in a tweet , externalthat it is "a daunting prospect and a singular honour".
Malthouse takes over from James Cleverly - who is now foreign secretary - and is the fifth person in the job in less than a year.