Could Liz Truss's cabinet cull come back to haunt her?

Liz Truss’s new cabinet will meet this morning for the first time, hours after the new Prime Minister rattled through all her key appointments last night. Following heavy briefing and speculation in recent weeks as to who would make the cut, there were few surprises. The most senior positions were won by Kwasi Kwarteng as the new Chancellor, Therese Coffey as deputy prime minister and Health Secretary, James Cleverly as Foreign Secretary and Suella Braverman as Home Secretary.

The vast majority of Sunak backers were culled from cabinet by Truss

When it came to the other candidates, there was continuity – Ben Wallace stays on as Defence Secretary and Robert Buckland, who switched his allegiance halfway through the contest from Sunak to Truss, will continue as Welsh Secretary. As for rising stars, Truss’s main leadership rivals have all won promotions. Tom Tugendhat, who eventually endorsed Truss, will attend cabinet as security minister. Penny Mordaunt is the new Leader of the House and Kemi Badenoch joins cabinet as International Trade secretary.