Who's in Liz Truss' cabinet?

She's been naming the MPs taking on the big roles in government

Author: Chris MaskeryPublished 7th Sep 2022
Last updated 7th Sep 2022

Liz Truss's new-look Cabinet is meeting for the first time this morning (Wednesday 7th September) to look at plans to freeze energy bills, but who is in the Prime Minister's top team?

Many members of the Cabinet were allies of the Prime Minister before she got elected, with many of the former top roles going to new people.

Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey defended the make-up of the top team following the cull of senior ministers loyal to former leadership contender Rishi Sunak, insisting it is “a government of all the talents that we have in this party”.

“Liz has appointed a Cabinet of a mixture of whether it’s people of her proactive supporters, people who did not support her as well.”

Here's who Prime Minister Truss has chosen as her key cabinet ministers.

Key members of Liz Truss's cabinet

Prime Minister Liz Truss

Now Liz Truss is the Prime Minister, Here are the key appointments in her Cabinet.
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Therese Coffey

Deputy Prime Minister & Health Secretary

Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor of the Exchequer

James Cleverly

Foreign Secretary

Grant Shapps

Grant Shapps replaced Suella Braverman as Home Secretary

Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Transport Secretary

Ben Wallace

Defence Secretary

Kit Malthouse

Education Secretary

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Business Secretary

Kemi Badenoch

International Trade Secretary

Brandon Lewis

Justice Secretary

Michelle Donelan

Culture Secretary

Simon Clarke

Levelling Up Secretary

Nadhim Zahawi

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Chris Heaton-Harris

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Alister Jack

Secretary of State for Scotland

Robert Buckland

Secretary of State for Wales

Chloe Smith

Work & Pensions Secretary

Ranil Jayawardena

Environment Secretary

Michael Ellis

Attorney General

Tom Tugendhat

Minister for Security

Alok Sharma

COP26 President

James Heappey

Minister for Armed Forces and Veterans

Later on today Liz Truss will face her first Prime Minister's Questions.

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