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| Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak reshuffles cabinet team | Jacob Rees-Mogg out as PM Sunak reshuffles cabinet team |
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| Jacob Rees-Mogg has left as business secretary, as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his team of cabinet ministers. | Jacob Rees-Mogg has left as business secretary, as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his team of cabinet ministers. |
| Chief whip Wendy Morton and Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith, close allies of outgoing PM Liz Truss, are also out. | Chief whip Wendy Morton and Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith, close allies of outgoing PM Liz Truss, are also out. |
| Simon Clarke, another Truss ally, has left his job as levelling up secretary. | Simon Clarke, another Truss ally, has left his job as levelling up secretary. |
| He joins Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland and Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena in leaving the cabinet. | He joins Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland and Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena in leaving the cabinet. |
| Kit Malthouse is also out as education secretary, whilst Jake Berry has also confirmed he is no longer Conservative Party chairman. | Kit Malthouse is also out as education secretary, whilst Jake Berry has also confirmed he is no longer Conservative Party chairman. |
| In other departures so far, Vicky Ford has been sacked as a development minister at the Foreign Office. | |
| Alok Sharma has lost his job as a Cabinet Office minister, although he will remain in charge of UK preparations for the COP27 UN climate summit. | |
| Follow live: Rishi Sunak reshuffles cabinet | Follow live: Rishi Sunak reshuffles cabinet |
| Is the Tory Party ready to unite behind Sunak? | Is the Tory Party ready to unite behind Sunak? |
| Truss defends tax-cutting goals in farewell speech | Truss defends tax-cutting goals in farewell speech |
| 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. |
| 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". | 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. | 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. |