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Anne Marie-Trevelyan served arsenic transport caput nether Liz Truss
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has demoted 2 allies of his predecessor Liz Truss, arsenic helium puts the last touches to his ministerial team.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been moved from transport caput to beryllium a curate successful the Foreign Office.
Chris Philp, who was paymaster general, is present a Home Office minister.
On Tuesday, Mr Sunak overhauled the cabinet, removing cardinal allies of his predecessor and rewarding immoderate loyal supporters with apical jobs.
But determination was besides a absorption connected unity - with immoderate figures from Liz Truss's apical team, specified arsenic Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, keeping their roles.
Ms Trevelyan and Mr Philp had attended Cabinet nether Ms Truss but volition present person much inferior roles.
Mr Philp was antecedently switched from main caput to the Treasury to Cabinet Office curate and paymaster wide aft the turmoil which followed the government's tax-cutting mini-budget.
Both backed Ms Truss successful the summertime Tory enactment contest, aft their archetypal prime candidates dropped retired of the race.
Other appointments include:
- Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon arsenic acquisition ministers
- Jesse Norman arsenic a transport minister
- Alex Chalk arsenic a defence minister
- Lucy Frazer arsenic a curate successful the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Helen Whately arsenic a curate successful the Department for Health and Social Care
- George Freeman arsenic a curate successful the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Most supported Mr Sunak successful some Tory enactment contests this year.
Among those reappointed to the aforesaid relation nether Mr Sunak were James Heappey arsenic defence minister. Under Ms Truss, Mr Heappey had said helium would resign if the authorities broke a pledge to walk 3% of GDP connected defence by 2030 - a committedness Mr Sunak has not committed to.
Others reappointed see Greg Hands arsenic commercialized curate and Steve Baker arsenic Northern Ireland minister.
On Tuesday, No 10 said it wanted to amusement "unity, acquisition and continuity" successful cardinal furniture roles.
Jeremy Hunt, who is owed to present a connection connected the government's plans for taxation and spending connected 17 November, was kept connected arsenic chancellor. Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who has led the UK's effect to the warfare successful Ukraine, besides kept his role.
Experienced ministers who served nether Boris Johnson, specified arsenic Michael Gove, were brought back.
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