Liz Truss rewarded her key allies with top cabinet roles after becoming prime minister, appointing Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, James Cleverly as foreign secretary, and Suella Braverman as home secretary. Therese Coffey was also given the roles of health secretary and deputy prime minister. None who backed her rival Rishi Sunak remain in the full cabinet. Truss's press secretary said the changes would unify the Conservative Party and pointed to roles for five of her former leadership rivals. For the first time, the top four government roles are not held by white men.

1. Liz Truss: New prime minister installs allies in key cabinet roles
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Liz Truss has rewarded her key allies with top jobs in a major reshuffle hours after succeeding Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Kwasi Kwarteng is made chancellor, James Cleverly becomes foreign secretary and Suella Braverman replaces Priti Patel as home secretary.
One of Ms Truss's closest friends, Therese Coffey, is appointed as health secretary and deputy PM.
Her new cabinet will meet ahead of her first Prime Minister's Questions later.
None of those who backed her defeated rival, Rishi Sunak, will remain in her full cabinet, with Dominic Raab, Grant Shapps, George Eustice and Steve Barclay all
returning to the backbenches.
But Ms Truss's press secretary said the changes would "unify" the Tory Party and pointed to senior roles for five of her leadership rivals: Suella Braverman, Tom
Tugendhat as security minister, Kemi Badenoch as trade secretary, Penny Mordaunt as leader of the Commons, and Nadhim Zahawi as chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster.
For the first time, none of the top four "great offices of state" - prime minister, chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary - is held by a white man.
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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.
No 10 said Ms Truss was also "delighted" to accept an invitation to visit Ukraine.
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.