New UK PM Liz Truss appoints diverse Cabinet, Rishi Sunak allies are out

Prime Minister Liz Truss has unveiled one of the UKs most diverse Cabinets with key frontline posts going to ethnic minority members of Parliament including Indianorigin Suella Braverman as the Home SecretaryThe process of appointing the Cabinet will continue into Wednesday when Truss addresses her first Prime Ministers Questions PMQs in the House of CommonsBy her side on the frontbenches will be Braverman 42 whose Tamil mother had her family roots in Mauritius and Goanorigin father migrated to the UK from KenyaAlso by her side will be Ghanianorigin Kwasi Kwarteng 47 as the UKs first black Chancellor and mixed Sierra Leone and white heritage James Cleverly as the Foreign Secretary Truss own former portfolioThe senior Conservative MPs who had come out in support of former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership election are conspicuous by their absence in Trusss top team which she has packed with close allies such as Therese Coffey as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Wendy Morton as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and the first Tory female Chief Whip in charge of party disciplineAlso Read Newlyappointed PM Liz Truss promises to transform Britain into aspiration nationAnother Indianorigin minister in the Cabinet is the 55yearold Alok Sharma who retains his climate action job as COP26 President as does Defence Secretary Ben WallaceIraqiorigin Nadhim Zahawi 55 has been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of Equalities Brandon Lewis is the new Justice Secretary and Penny Mordaunt is the Leader of the CommonsWe have huge reserves of talent of energy and determination Truss 47 said in her inaugural address outside 10 Downing Street earlier on TuesdayI am confident that together we can ride out the storm we can rebuild our economy and we can become the modern brilliant Britain that I know we can be This is our vital mission to ensure opportunity and prosperity for all people and future generations I am determined to deliver she Truss travelled to Queen Elizabeth IIs Balmoral Castle residence in Aberdeenshire Scotland on Tuesday to meet the 96yearold monarch who asked her to form a new governmentTruss has said that she is honoured to take on the responsibility at a vital time for the countryThe new prime minister said her government will transform Britain into an aspiration nation with high paying jobs safe streets and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserveThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever