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| Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak begins cabinet reshuffle | Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak begins cabinet reshuffle |
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| Jacob Rees-Mogg has quit as business secretary, as Rishi Sunak begins to assemble his new team of cabinet ministers. | Jacob Rees-Mogg has quit as business secretary, as Rishi Sunak begins to assemble his new team of cabinet ministers. |
| Close allies of outgoing PM Liz Truss are also out, including her chief whip Wendy Morton and work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith. | Close allies of outgoing PM Liz Truss are also out, including her chief whip Wendy Morton and work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith. |
| Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis and Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland are also leaving the cabinet. | |
| Jake Berry has also confirmed he is no longer Conservative Party chairman. | |
| In other moves so far, Vicky Ford has said she is leaving the Foreign Office, where she was a development minister. | |
| Mr Rees-Mogg, who backed Ms Truss's leadership, is also a close ally of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. | Mr Rees-Mogg, who backed Ms Truss's leadership, is also a close ally of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. |
| He acknowledged he was was unlikely to be kept on, as he was "far too close to Liz Truss" to work with Mr Sunak. | He acknowledged he was was unlikely to be kept on, as he was "far too close to Liz Truss" to work with Mr Sunak. |
| Follow live: Rishi Sunak reshuffles cabinet | |
| Is the Tory Party ready to unite behind Sunak? | |
| Truss defends tax-cutting goals in farewell speech | |
| Speaking to BBC deputy political editor Vicki Young, he added that he would be "fully supportive" of the new prime minister. | Speaking to BBC deputy political editor Vicki Young, he added that he would be "fully supportive" of the new prime minister. |
| He added that the Conservatives, who now have their third leader in seven weeks, would be "toast" unless they pulled together. | He added that the Conservatives, who now have their third leader in seven weeks, would be "toast" unless they pulled together. |
| Earlier Mr Sunak warned "difficult decisions" lie ahead for his new administration, as it grapples with a "profound economic crisis". | |
| He said he had been elected as Tory leader to "fix" the "mistakes" made by Ms Truss, who has left after just 49 days in office. |