Kwasi Kwarteng is made chancellor, James Cleverly becomes foreign secretary and Suella Braverman replaces Priti Patel as home secretary.
Meanwhile, the new PM made her first call to a fellow foreign leader, pledging the UK's ongoing support to Ukraine in a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky.She later spoke to US President Joe Biden, where the pair discussed the importance of the UK reaching an agreement with the EU over post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland.There are a handful of striking things about the composition of Liz Truss's cabinet.
The prime minister's desire for loyalty and building a government in her own image runs the risk of provoking rebellion down the track.Ms Truss finished her first tranche of appointments late on Tuesday, with new the Chancellor, Mr Kwarteng, tweeting that getting the job was "the honour of a lifetime".
Nadine Dorries, who backed Ms Truss, said she had been asked by the new PM to stay on as culture secretary but had decided to quit front-line politics.
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