Newly elected UK PM announced cabinet members

London: Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed her new cabinet, hours after taking charge of the office.

A statement released read, “The prime minister has appointed a cabinet which represents the depth and breadth of talent in the Conservative Party."

For the first time none of the great offices of state is held by a white man, with Suella Braverman as home secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and James Cleverly as foreign secretary.

The prime minister’s spokesperson has said her cabinet will unify the Conservative Party and deliver for the country.

The cabinet includes:

·         Deputy prime minister and health secretary Thérèse Coffey

·         Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng

·         Foreign secretary James Cleverly

·         Home secretary Suella Braverman QC

·         Defence secretary Ben Wallace

·         Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Brandon Lewis

·         Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities Nadhim Zahawi

·         Leader of the House of Commons and lord president of the council Penny Mordaunt

·         Lord privy seal and leader of the House of Lords Lord True

·         Minister without portfolio and Conservative party chairman Jake Berry

·         Cop26 President Alok Sharma

·         Business, energy and industrial strategy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg

·         Levelling up, housing and communities Secretary Simon Clarke

·         International trade secretary and president of the board of trade Kemi Badenoch

·         Work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith

·         Education secretary Kit Malthouse

·         Environment secretary Ranil Jayawardena

·         Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan

·         Culture secretary Michelle Donelan

·         Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

·         Scotland secretary Alister Jack

·         Wales Secretary Sir Robert Buckland QC

Attending cabinet:

·         Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury (chief whip) Wendy Morton

·         Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Philp

·         Attorney general Michael Ellis QC

·         Paymaster general and minister for the Cabinet Office Edward Argar

·         Minister for development at the Foreign Office Vicky Ford

·         Minister for security at the home department Tom Tugendhat

·         Minister for the armed forces and veterans at the Ministry of Defence James Heappey

·         Minister for climate at the business department Graham Stuart